* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] PRE MEETING HIM MAY 19TH, 2022. WE'D LIKE TO CALL THE PRE-MEETING NOW INTO SESSION NOW LOOKING AT OUR, AT OUR AGENDA. I'M ASSUMING EVERYONE HAS AN AGENDA BEFORE THEM TONIGHT. WE HAVE A PRE MEETING. WE HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT BASICALLY WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE TRAINING ASPECT OF OUR PRE-MEETING. I'M GOING TO GIVE THE FLOOR OVER TO MR. RICK BARKER. RICK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. UM, SO TONIGHT WE WERE WANTING TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE SOME TRAINING ON THE HARDWARE. UH, AS YOU COULD TELL, WE WERE EXPERIENCING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT THEM IRONED AWAY RIGHT NOW. SO, UM, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MR. DAN BACH, UH, AND HE'S GONNA, UH, SHOW US HOW TO OPERATE THE HARDWARE. UH, JUST MAINLY REFRESHER, CAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE USED IT BEFORE. WE DID EXPERIENCE SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ON THE VOTING, UH, SESSIONS LAST TIME. AND SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE GOT THAT SQUARED AWAY, BUT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DAN AND LET HIM, UH, TRAIN US ON THIS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FIRST OF ALL, MY APOLOGIES AGAIN TONIGHT, UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH IT AND WORKED THROUGH IT ALL AND IT ALL WORKED EARLIER. WE'VE HAD, I THINK WHAT COULD HAVE POSSIBLY HAPPENED THAT WE WERE RUNNING A LOT OF CABLES THROUGH HERE AND THINGS MAY HAVE GOTTEN KNOCKED CLOSE OR SOMETHING THEY'VE HAPPENED IN THE DAY. YES. UH, WE BLOCKED OFF TWO WEEKS TO GET MAJOR K THREE CABLE AND PROJECT DONE FOR THE CHAMBER. WE'RE HOPING THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF SOME OF OUR NETWORK ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. UH, WHAT'S NEW SINCE EVERYBODY HAD LEFT FOR, UH COVID AND I THINK YOU MAY HAVE HAD ONE MEETING WHERE THESE NEW PANELS HAD ACTUALLY SHOWN UP IN FRONT OF YOU. AND THOSE ARE GRAPHIC. THESE ARE PANELS. UH, IF YOU LOOK AT, AND I WISH I HAD A PRESENTATION TO SHOW YOU, I CAN COME BACK AROUND WHERE EVERYBODY YOU'LL SEE WITH, UM, ALL YOUR REQUEST TO SPEAK IN VOTING CONTROLS ARE ON YOUR, UH, ALSO WITH THAT, YOU'VE GOT THREE TABS WHERE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO, UH, YOU'LL SEE UP ON THE UPPER LEFT YOUR HOME PANEL, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE WEBSITE DOCUMENTS. WE'RE NOT USING IT. AND WHENEVER THERE'S A PRESENTATION, YOU WOULD HAVE SWITCHED TO PRESENTATION FOR, TO WATCH IT, SEE YOUR PRESENTATION, AS IT GOES ON BELOW OR YOUR VOTING BUTTONS, THEY LOOK JUST LIKE THEY DID ON THE, A SMALLER PANEL AS WE HAD BEFORE. UH, YOUR MOTION BUTTONS, THE VOTING. IS THERE, UM, ANY QUESTIONS AS INVESTOR? I KEEP IT ON PRESENTATION FOR MOST OF OUR STUFF OR WHAT YOU'RE DOING WOULD BE, UH, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE GOING TO THE AGENDA AS MUCH. AND WITH THE PRESENTATION WE CONTROL THAT. SO WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE HAVE AN ACTUAL POWERPOINT, NOT EDU, THE BOAT DISPLAY WILL PROBABLY STAY UP WHEN THERE'S NOT A PRESENTATION ON THE PODIUM. WHEN, UH, THERE IS, THEN, THEN, UH, WE'LL SWITCH OVER TO THE PRESENTATION SOURCE TO WHERE YOU DON'T ACTUALLY SELECT BETWEEN THE DOCUMENT CAMERA THAT THE, UH, THAT BOTH DISPLAY OR THE PRESENTATION WE TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR YOU. WHERE DOES IT SAY REQUEST TO SPEAK? I MEAN, I SEE IT, BUT WHAT THE REQUEST THIS BEAT IS THAT IS THAT'S THE SPEAKER QUEUE. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO AHEAD AND TAP THAT ONCE AND YOU'LL SEE YOU'RE IN A QUEUE NOW. SO I'M YOUR NAME? THIS IS SPEED QUEUE. YOU'LL SEE WHERE, UH, MISS BOLANDER LOADED ON THERE. SO, UM, SO AS IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO PUSH YOU INTO A REQUEST TO SPEAK, YOU DON'T COUNT YOUR, UH, YOU GET OVERRIDE TO SO ALL THE TIME. SO, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE EVERYBODY WHO'S IN THE SPEAKER QUEUE, POP UP. IF YOU DECIDE THAT YOUR QUESTION'S ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED, YOU CAN TAP IT AGAIN. AND YOU'LL TAKE YOURSELF OUT OF THE QUEUE. ONCE THE BOARD MEMBERS IDENTIFY THEMSELVES REQUESTING TO SPEAK IN ORDER FOR THEM TO ACT FOR ME TO ACTIVATE THEIR MIC, DO I NEED TO TOUCH ANYTHING? UH, THEN YES. AND ACTUALLY IT SHOULD BE HERE. IT SHOULD BE. IT SHOULD BE OVER HERE. YES. HAVE, HAVE WE CLEARED THEM OR ARE THEY STILL IN THE QUEUE? OKAY. YEAH. SO NOW YOU HAVE HERE, SIR. SO IT'S GOING TO SHOW UP HERE AND IT'S GOING TO SHOW US, BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO TAP. THIS IS THE ACTUAL CONTROL. THIS IS WHAT'S CONTROLLING THEIR MIC. YES, SIR. SO I HIT THAT. YES, SIR. AND CALEB IS NOW MY MIC IS ON, RIGHT? YES. GOT IT. SO I THINK OF LAST TIME, YOU'RE TRYING TO HIT THE, FIND THE BUTTON OVER HERE. AND THERE'S NOT ONE IN, I HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TRAIN YOU TO DO THAT, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS THE MASTER CONTROLLER. YES, SIR. GOT IT. AND THIS IS JUST YOUR, YOUR SIDECAR. YEP. GOTCHA. UM, IT'S REALLY PRETTY SIMPLE. UH, THE BIGGEST THING THAT CHANGES ARE THE GUESSES, UH, VOTING IS GOING TO BE THE SAME AS IT WAS WITH THE, UH, WITH THE PREVIOUS MINI PANELS THAT WERE IN THE DAY IS THEY'RE JUST MOVED UP TO THIS PANEL. IF IT WORKS TONIGHT NOW, HUH? COMPANY THAT WILL. [00:05:01] AND UH, WE GOT READY. WE CAN DO A TEST. WELL, LET'S LET'S DO, ARE YOU HEADING? YOU HAVE YOU RECALLED IT? OKAY. SO WE NEED SOME FIRST AND SECOND WE MAKE, WE MAKE A MOTION, RIGHT? SO WE GOT MR. SPENCER, MR. SPENCER, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED AND LIKE A MOTION. WE HAVE A TEST BOAT. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION TO TEST VOTE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND MOTIONS ARE NOT APPEARING AT THIS POINT. I'M JUST SHOWING UP. WOW. OH NO. EVERYBODY HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND. YES. SO WE GOT THAT. SO WE GOT THE FIRST AND SECOND, THE END THAT WILL SHOW UP ON THE, WE GOT THE FIRST NAME. FIRST SOMEONE HAS TO MAKE THE SECOND I'M WAITING FOR THE SECOND. MR. SPENCER. YEAH. I SEE, UH, MR. MR. EARNSTON, OUR EMOTIONS ARE HERE, SIR. AND YOUR EMOTIONS ARE ALSO HERE, SIR. CAN YOU SECOND? OH, WE HAVE WE'VE GOT A FIRST AND SECOND. YOU GOT A FIRST AND SECOND. GOT YOUR EMOTIONS. GOTCHA. AND HERE AND HERE. GOTCHA. AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE READY, YOU CAN SAY FOR ME TO SET IT UP FOR THE VOTE AND THEN I'LL SET IT UP FOR VOTE. OKAY. WE GOT THE MOTIONS IN, UH, NOW WE'RE PROCEEDING TO VOTE AT THIS TIME. SO THE BUTTONS THAT TO VOTE THE VOTE BUTTON, THIS WILL BE OVER HERE. SO YEAH. SO, AND THEN, SO AT THIS POINT, EVERYBODY WOULD VOTE YES OR NO TURNED OFF THE VOTE. SO IT SAYS VOTED SO YOU'RE GOOD. SO I HIT THE SL YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO YOU'RE GOING SAY VOTED ON IT. YEP. IT DOES. IT'S VOTED ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, RIGHT ABOVE THE GREEN, SO, OH, OKAY. NOW ONCE EVERYBODY HAS VOTED, THEN NOW I'LL RECORD THE VOTE. SO I LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY GOTCHA. ON THE SCREEN AS WELL. SO WHEN EVERYONE SAYS VOTED, OH, I GET THE ZERO. SHOULDN'T IT REFLECT WHO VOTED? YES OR NO? I HAVEN'T PRESSED RECORD. OKAY. OKAY. SO I'M HAVEN'T TO EVERYDAY WHERE I'VE RECORDED THE VOTE. WHEN YOU COME IN, EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THEIR MONITOR ON PRESENTATION. SO NOW YOU CAN SEE, SO NOW WE VOTE, WE VOTE NOW. OH YEAH. I ALREADY HIT RECORD. YOU SEE, IT SHOULD BE THERE ONCE YOU GET THE, UH, THAT'S WHEN IT SHOWS, IT SHOWS RIGHT THERE. YEAH. THE BOOK, THE QUOTES ARE UP HERE, BUT ALSO THE INSERT WHEN YOU WENT TO EUROPE FOR A MEETING MOST OF THE TIME, UNLESS YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA, YOU'LL JUST WANT TO KEEP THIS ON THIS PANEL BECAUSE YOUR PRESENTATION IS GOTCHA. YES, SIR. GOOD TO RUN THROUGH WITH YOUR MOUSE, WHAT THEY NEED. I'M JUST TAKING EVERYTHING EVER GRANTED WITH WHAT I SAID. SO ANY MORE QUESTIONS AS FAR AS, SO DAN, SO EV SO YOU MADE THE STATEMENT. EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ON THE PRESENTATION PANEL. IS THAT FOR THE ENTIRE THING? NO, THIS IS IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU WANT TO GO INTO YOUR AGENDA AND LOOK AT A DOCUMENT, YOU CAN GO BACK TO DO THAT, BUT YOU'LL NEED TO REMEMBER TO SEE A PRESENTATION, TO SEE THE VDU OR TO SEE SOMETHING ON THE DOCUMENT CAMERA. YOU'LL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO LOOK UP THERE AND FOR YOUR MEETING, WE COULD PUT IT UP THERE AS WELL, OR YOU'LL NEED TO BE ON THE PRESENTATION TAB ON THIS GUS. WELL, WE, WE, WE GIVE HARD COPIES, SO THEY'LL SEE THE PRESENTATION HERE. THEY'LL HAVE HARD COPIES IN FRONT OF THEM. AND THEN THEY, SO PRIMARILY THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST SCREEN TO BE ON THE WHOLE TIME. OKAY. AND THEY, THEY CAN OPERATE THEIR MIC FROM THIS SCREEN AND EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO DO IS FROM HERE, THEIR MIND, MAKE THE MOTIONS. YEAH. AND HERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE MOTIONS, BUT THIS SCREEN IS JUST MAINLY FOR YOU TO GOTCHA. CONTROL THE MIC. YES. GOTCHA. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. VERY GOOD. AND I WILL. YEP. LET'S LET'S LET'S DO THIS ONE MORE TIME. UH, THAT WAS, UM, GOING TO CLEAR THIS VOTE AND DO ANOTHER VOTE. YES. OKAY. WE'LL CLEAR IT AND DO ANOTHER ONE. JUST TEST FOR TEST. AND WE ALL HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH. WE'LL CLEAR MOTIONS AND RENEW MOTIONS AS WELL. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO TEST VOTE? DO WE GOT TO CLEAR IT? OKAY. SO WE HAVE, UH, THAT FIRST TIME TO SET AND WE'RE READY TO, UH, GO ON A CALL FOR MOTIONS. OKAY. [00:10:01] WE GOT IT. WE HAVE ONE MOTION BY MS. MS. ONE LENDER AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY CALEB, MS. MR. EARNEST. AND YOU MAY CALL FOR THE VOTE NOW AND W FIRST, FIRST MOTION IN SECOND MOTION. AND NOW WE HAVE A VOTE TO VOTE. YES OR NO. K ALL VOTES HAVE BEEN CAST. WE HAVE THREE. YES. AND WE HAVE TWO NOS. WE HAVE TWO, WE HAVE TWO ABSTAINS. YES. AND FOR THOSE WHO ABSTAINING, THAT'S A BUTTON WE'RE TRYING TO GET REMOVED BECAUSE GOBLIN DOES NOT HAVE THAT AS PART OF OUR, IN THE, UNDER, UNDER THE CITY CHARTER AND EXTENSION IS THE SAME AS THE NOVO. SO I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT DID NOT PASS. AND YOU JUST, YOU JUST, UH, YOU JUST REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE BOAT. IF YOU HAVE A CONFLICT, YOU DON'T VOTE AT ALL. WELL, ACTUALLY THAT'D BE UP TO YOUR BOARD CHAIR. I GUESS THE RULES FOR THAT I'LL HAVE TO, I'LL HAVE TO DEFER TO THE, OUR LEGAL, LEGAL COUNSEL. KURT JUST, JUST DON'T VOTE. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO EVERYONE FEEL COMFORTABLE? I'LL STILL, I'LL BE UP HERE FOR, DO WE WANT TO DO THIS AGAIN? FEEL PRETTY COMFORTABLE. OKAY. WE'RE GOOD OF YOU. JUST GO AHEAD AND PUNCH IN TO SPEAK AGAIN, PLEASE. WE HAVE CATHERINE ACTIVATE. I'M GOING TO ACTIVATE YOU THAT RIGHT NOW, UH, THEY IN THEIR, THEIR MIKES ARE SILENT. CORRECT? SO I'M TO ACTIVATE MARTHA'S MIKE. YES. IT MARTHA. MARTHA SHE'S EVER SPEAKING IS UP HERE. OKAY, MARTHA. HELLO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MARTHA. MR. LONG. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU MR. LONG, MISS LUMPKIN BELL. YES. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. MA'AM MS. WALLANDER. HELLO? ALL RIGHT, MS. MR. EARNEST. GOOD EVENING. RIGHT, JIM? UH, JOHN, DO YOU WANT TO TRY IT OUT? I WANT TO SEE IT. SEE IF EVERYBODY'S MIKE IS, UM, IF YOU CAN HIT THE SPEAKER REQUEST TO SPEAK. OKAY. MR. SPENCER, ARE YOU DOING, DOING GREAT, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE. MIKE IS WORKING ONCE THE BUTTON IS ACTIVATED. GREAT TESTING. UM, I'M GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD. WE ALL KNOW WE'RE ON A ROLL, DAN. OKAY. AND ONE OTHER THING IN FRONT OF YOU, SOME ARE PCR USING IT, SOME HARM TO BE FROM YESTERDAY. PULL THIS OVER SO YOU CAN SEE EACH OF YOU HAVE A PERSONAL SNEAKER HERE, TOO. IF YOU HAVE THEM UP, WE NEED A LITTLE MORE BOOST TO YOUR AUDIO. TO, WE CAN HEAR IT BETTER. THIS SPEAKER IS THERE FOR YOU. AND, UH, TYPICALLY HOW IT WORKS. AND WHEN YOU TURN IT ON, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOUR MIC TURNS ON TO SPEED, THE SPEAKER WILL CUTOFF. IF YOU THINK THAT FROM GOING THROUGH THE SPEAKER, BUT IT'S THERE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TO BOOST YOUR AUDIO. YOU CAN USE A LITTLE BIT, WE HAD ADDED A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS UP IN HERE, SO THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT USED AS MUCH AS THEY WERE, BUT IF YOU NEED IT, IT'S THERE. NOW, DAN, WHEN THE CITY STAFF GOES THROUGH AND DO THEIR, THEIR POWERPOINT PRESENTATION IN REGARDS TO THE PANEL OVER HERE BY ME, IS IT BEST FOR ME TO GO TO THE HOME PANEL OR PRESENTATION PANEL PRESENTATION? SO THE PRESENTATION PANEL. OKAY. AND I THINK EVEN FOR YOU, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR MOTIONS. AND THEN, UH, I THINK YOU HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR REQUEST IS YO YOUR CALL, YOUR SPEAKER QUEUE, ALWAYS BE THERE. GOTCHA. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT HERE. IT GIVES YOU MORE SPACE FOR OTHER THINGS IN YOUR YOU'RE A SPEAKER. YOU WILL BE THERE. SO EVEN FOR YOURSELF, I WOULD JUST KEEP IT ON THE PRESENTATION PAN. GOTCHA. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND FEEL FREE, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE MEETING. OKAY. EVERYONE IS COMFORTABLE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 16 MINUTES BEFORE OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING IS TO BEGIN. IF ANYONE WISHES TO TAKE A BREAK, A 15, 16 MINUTE BREAK BEFORE OUR REGULAR MEETING STARTS, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. UNLESS MR. BARKER, YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON? NO, SIR. UM, WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. THE, IN THE MAIN MEETING, UH, NOW WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD TO GO. ALL RIGHT. THE PRE-MEETING IS NOW THE PRE-MEETING IS NOW IS NOW OUT OF SESSION. ONE MORE THING WITH THESE MICROPHONES, THEY WORK BEST BETWEEN ABOUT 12 INCHES AWAY WHEN WE TALK AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE DESIGNED TO WHERE YOU CAN SET BACK FROM THEM AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PICK YOU UP. SO 12 INCHES IS KIND OF THE SWEET SPOT FOR YES, SIR. [00:15:01] ANY CLOSER THAN WHEN YOU START THUNDER. THANK YOU, SIR. YES, SIR. THE CITY OF GARLAND PROPERTY STANDARD BOARD, REGULAR MEETING IS NOW CALLED INTO SESSION, BUT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD MEETING OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, IT IS THE CUSTOM AND TRADITION OF THIS BOARD TO BEGIN EACH MEETING WITH AN INVOCATION AND RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. NO MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY IS REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE AND SUCH DECISION WOULD NOT HAVE, WOULD NOT HAVE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THEIR RIGHTS OR THE BOARD'S DECISION. HOWEVER, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE BOARD IN THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE, WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN. AS WE STAND FOR A PRAYER, WHICH IS LED BY YOURS TRULY AND IMMEDIATE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY MR. EARNEST, MR. EARNEST, MR. CALEB EARNEST AND FOLLOWED BY THE TEXAS PLAYERS BY JOHN SPENCER, ALL WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE WITH YOU, PLEASE RISE FOR THE INVOCATION HEAVENLY FATHER AS WE MEET THIS EVENING. FIRST OF ALL, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR BEING ABLE TO SERVE NOT ONLY THIS GREAT CITY, BUT OUR INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES. GIVE US THE SPIRIT LORD THIS EVENING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND, TO BE OBJECTIVE, TO RENDER DECISIONS AND IMPARTIAL, TO BE CLEAR AND OBJECTIVE. WE ALSO PRAY THAT THIS MEETING THIS EVENING BE PEACEFUL AND ORDERLY LORD. WE JUST PRAY THAT IN EVERY DECISION THAT'S MADE HERE, IT'S DONE IN WITHIN, IN PROPER ORDER AND DECENCY. WE ASKED ALL OF THESE THINGS IN OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST NAME, AMEN. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. OKAY. I STAY STUCK IN AMERICA FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. FOR ALL THIS DISPENSER, YOU JOINED ME FOR THE PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG HONOR, THE TEXAS FLAG, TEXAS ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU, MR. EARNEST. AND THANK YOU, MR. SPENCER. EVERYONE MAY BE SEATED BEFORE WE BEGIN. TONIGHT'S MEETING ONE. W WE WILL, UM, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS A BOARD TO REVIEW AND APPROVE OUR MEETINGS. OUR MINUTES FROM OUR JANUARY 13TH, 2022 MEETING, WE WILL REVIEW THE MINUTES AT THIS PROP FROM THE JANUARY 13TH, 2022 MEETING AT THIS PROP. AT THIS TIME, AT THIS. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS READ? YES. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. WE HAVE A MOTION WHEN MOTION BY MR. EARNEST. WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND BY MS. MARTIN. MALACO ALL IN FAVOR. WILL WE WILL VOTE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AT THIS TIME? OH, OKAY. WE HAVING A NET NET UNANIMOUS DECISION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES, AS WELL AS, UM, AS PRESENTED OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEMS FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING THIS EVENING IS TO SWEARING IN SWEARING, SWEARING [00:20:01] IN OF WITNESS OF, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE COME BEFORE US TO TESTIFY ALL THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO COME BEFORE US TONIGHT, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN A SPEAKER CARD, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO SO. AND THOSE WHO HAVE FILLED OUT A SPEAKER CARD AT THIS TIME, WE WILL LIKE TO HAVE EVERYONE TO RISE WHO WILL COME BEFORE THE BOARD THIS EVENING TO, TO TESTIFY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR STAFF ATTORNEY TO HAVE THE SWEARING IN OF ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT'S GOING TO COME BEFORE US THIS EVENING. KURT, THANK YOU, KURT. ALRIGHTY. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN, UH, OUR PROPERTY HEARINGS THIS EVENING. ALL RIGHT. THE HEARING IS TO DETERMINE CASES INVOLVING THE FOLLOWING SUBSTANDARD PROPERTIES, WHICH CONCERN ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE STATE LOCAL LAW RELATING TO DANGEROUSLY DAMAGED OR DETERIORATING STRUCTURES OR IMPROVEMENTS CONDITIONS CAUSED BY ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE OR VEGETATION CONDITIONS THAT CREATE BREATHING AND LIVING SPACES FOR INSECTS AND DISEASE, CARRYING RODENTS OR OTHER SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS THAT POSE A THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE. AS WE PROCEED IN OUR PUBLIC HEARING, JUST WANT TO MAKE A NOTE FOR THE RECORD, THAT AGENDA ITEM, A AGENDA ITEM, A DOCKET NUMBER 2021 DASH OH EIGHT HAS BEEN POOLED. THAT BEING NOTED, WE WILL PROCEED WITH AGENDA ITEM FIVE, B DOCKET NUMBER 2021 DASH OH 9 20 21 DASH OH NINE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M SEAN REINSTEIN WITH CODE COMPLIANCE. I'LL BE PRESENTING ALL OF THE CASES OF THIS EVENING. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS DOCKET 2021 DASH OH NINE FOR THE MAY 19TH, 2022 PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD HEARING IT IS 3,900 NORTH GARLAND AVENUE AND COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BLOCK ONE LOT SIX OF THE WILLIAM D THE READ EDITION ABSTRACT 1252, PAGE FOUR 90. IT IS DESCRIBED AS A SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE AND A SINGLE FAMILY, SEVEN DISTRICT WITH AN IMPROVEMENT VALUE OF $151,650. THE OWNER IS DON THOMPSON OF 34 19 WESTMINSTER AVENUE, NUMBER 3 27, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 0 5 1 3 8 7. NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS IN THIS MATTER HAS BEEN GIVEN, MAILED, PUBLISHED, AND POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW ON APRIL 21ST, 2022 CITY OF GARLAND NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY ON APRIL 22ND, 2022, THE CITY OF GARLAND NOTICED THE PROCEEDINGS WAS PUBLISHED IN A LOCAL NEWSPAPER, APRIL 25TH, 2022, THE CITY OF GARLAND ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS BY USP S POSTAL CERTIFIED DELIVERY TO PERSON VESTED OWNER OF RECORD, ACCORDING TO OR IDENTIFIED BY THE DALLAS COUNTY RECORDS. THERE EXIST ON THE PREMISES LOCATED AT 3,900 NORTH GARLAND AVENUE, GARLAND, TEXAS, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, THE PROPERTY SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS DUE TO STRUCTURAL HAZARDS AND MINIMUM PROPERTY STANDARDS, VIOLATIONS, CODE COMPLIANT, CODE COMPLIANCE, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WHEREAS THE BUILDING LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY BUILDINGS ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE CITY OF GARLAND CODE OF ORDINANCES. THEREFORE STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE BUILDINGS BE REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION BY JULY 19TH, 2022. IF THE BUILDINGS ARE NOT REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION AND THEY FINAL INSPECTION OF THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR IS NOT CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT BY JULY 19TH, 2020 TO CIVIL PENALTIES ON THE AMOUNT OF $100 PER DAY, BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY BEGINNING JULY 20TH, 2022, AND CONTINUE UNTIL THE BUILDINGS ARE REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION AND THEY FINAL INSPECTION OF THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR IS CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT. IF THE BUILDINGS ARE NOT REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION AND PENALTIES HAVE CONTINUED TO ACCRUE BY AUGUST 20TH, 2022, THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDINGS. THIS MAP SHOWS THE LOCATION OF 3,900 NORTH GARLAND AVENUE. IT IS AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF NORTH GARLAND AVENUE AND NORTH GARLAND ROAD WAS PROPER NOTICE PROVIDED FOR THIS PSP HEARING INTERESTED PARTIES WERE IDENTIFIED VIA TITLE SEARCH COUNTY PROPERTY RECORDS, DECAF PROPERTY RECORDS RECORDS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WERE APPLICABLE TAX AND UTILITY RECORDS AND ASSUMED NAME RECORDS [00:25:01] ON APRIL 21ST, 2022 STAFF POSTED THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS FOR TONIGHT'S HEARINGS AT THE PROPERTY ON MAY 9TH, 2022 CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS WAS MARKED AS DELIVERED BY USPS TRACKING SERVICE FOR WELLS FARGO USA HOLDINGS PO BOX 1629, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 5 5 4 4 0 DASH 1 6 2 9 ON MAY. THIRD OF 2022 CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS WAS RETURNED TO SENDER BY USP AS TRACKING SERVICE FOR WELLS FARGO BANK NORTH AMERICA, 1000 BLUE, UH, GINCHING DRIVE EAGAN, MINNESOTA 5 5 1 2 1 ON MAY 1ST, 2022. THE CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS WAS MARKED AS IN TRANSIT ARRIVING LATE BY USP TRACKING SERVICE FOR DON THOMPSON, 34 19 WESTMINSTER AVENUE, NUMBER 3 27, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 0 5 13 87 ON MAY 10TH, 2022 STAFF SPOKE TO DON THOMPSON, THE OWNER BY PHONE AND CONFIRMED THAT HE WAS AWARE OF THIS HEARING ON MAY 11TH, 2022 STAFF RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM JAMIE FLEMING, W THE S ESCALATIONS REPRESENTATIVE FOR WELLS FARGO, HOME MORTGAGE AND JAMIE CONFIRMED RECEIPT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS. THIS IS A PHOTO SHOWING THE ADMIN, THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS POSTED ON THE FRONT DOOR OF 3,900 NORTH GARLAND AVENUE. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AT THE TIME OF THE POSTING ON APRIL 21ST, 2022 TIMELINE OF ACTIONS AT THIS PROPERTY APOLOGIZE. MINE DISPLAY WENT AWAY THERE, UH, BEGAN IN MARCH OF 2014 AND CONTINUES CODE CODE COMPLIANCE. STAFF HAS WORKED OVER 20 CASES FOR VARIOUS VIOLATIONS AT THIS PROPERTY. THE VIOLATIONS ADDRESSED BY STAFF INCLUDE IMPROPER STORAGE, TRASH MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS VIOLATIONS, PARKING ON UNIMPROVED SURFACES, INOPERABLE VEHICLES, FENCE MAINTENANCE, UNSECURED STRUCTURES, HIGH GRASS, AND RUNNING WITHOUT A PERMIT IN SEPTEMBER OF 2015, CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF CONDUCTED A SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY AFTER TWO SUBSEQUENT RE-INSPECTIONS. THERE ARE STILL EIGHT OUTSTANDING VIOLATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT INSPECTION. AND MAY OF 2019 UTILITY RECORDS INDICATE THE LAST CUTOFF OF UTILITIES AT THE PROPERTY. IN FEBRUARY OF 2021 CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF MET THE OWNER AT THE PROPERTY AND DISCUSSED MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS, VIOLATIONS, FENCE MAINTENANCE, AND SECURING THE BUILDING IN OCTOBER OF 2021, THE CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF CONDEMNED THE PROPERTY AND MAY OF 2022, JUST RECENTLY STAFF SPOKE TO MR. THOMPSON, THE OWNER. HE REQUESTED A TEMPORARY RELEASE OF UTILITIES TO BEGIN MAKING REPAIRS TO THE PROPERTY STAFF ALLOWED FOR THE TEMPORARY RELEASE ON THE CONDITION THAT THE PROPERTY NOT BE OCCUPIED. SOME WORK WAS NEEDED BEFORE UTILITIES COULD SAFELY BE RESTORED. HOWEVER, AS OF MAY 16TH, IT APPEARS THAT THE PROPERTY DOES HAVE UTILITIES TO ENABLE THE REPAIRS TO MOVE FORWARD. THESE PICTURES ARE FROM THE INSPECTION DONE WITH THE OWNER IN FEBRUARY OF 2020. ONE OF THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT SHOWS SOME OF THE FENCE MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS ON THE RIGHT SHOWS, SOME BROKEN WINDOWS, AND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT SECURED PHOTO ON THE LEFT SHOW. SOME OF THE IMPROPER STORAGE AND SOME MORE OF THE BROKEN WINDOWS AS DOES THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, SOME MORE PICTURES OF SOME OF THE BROKEN WINDOWS AND DEBRIS INSIDE THE DEFICIENCY LIST FOR 3,900 NORTH GARLAND AVENUE INCLUDE SUBSTANDARD AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS, TRASH AND IMPROPER STORAGE AT THE EXTERIOR ROOF DAMAGE BROKEN WINDOWS, UNSECURED STRUCTURE, ROTTED WOOD DAMAGED AND MISSING SOFFITS AND FACIA ON PAINTED WOOD SURFACES AND PEELING PAINT, DAMAGED FENCE, UNMANAGED LANDSCAPING, AND HIGH GRASS AND WEEDS. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLY FOR 3,900 NORTH AT GARLAND AVENUE INCLUDE THAT ALL VIOLATIONS ON THAT DEFICIENCY LIST MUST BE CORRECTED. THE DWELLING UNIT MUST COMPLY WITH ALL MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS AND THESE INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SMOKE DETECTORS, INAPPROPRIATE LOCATIONS, SUCH AS BEDROOMS AND COMMON AREAS APPROVE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS FROM AN APPROVED SOURCE AND WITH NO EXPOSED WIRING APPROVED WATER SUPPLY AND SEWER CONNECTIONS ALSO FROM AN APPROVED SOURCE AND NOT LEAKING STRUCTURALLY SOUND FLOORS, WALLS, AND CEILINGS THAT CARRY THE LOADS AS WERE DESIGNED IS INTENT AND INTENDED. THE PROPERTY MUST REMAIN VACANT UNTIL REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION UTILITY SERVICES RESTORED, AND THE CONDEMNATION IS REMOVED ALL REPAIRS AND OR CONSTRUCTION MUST BE DONE WITH REQUIRED PERMITS FROM THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN MAY 18TH. IT'S THE PICTURE OF THE FRONT VIEW OF 3,900 NORTH GARLAND AVENUE. [00:30:06] THIS PICTURE WAS ALSO TAKEN THE SAME DAY, MAY 18TH, JUST A CLOSER VIEW OF THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY AT 3,900 NORTH GARLAND AVENUE. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN MAY 18TH, 2022 SHOWS THE UNSECURE, UH, STATE OF THE BUILDING. IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEE IN THE PICTURE, BUT ALL THE WINDOWS HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THAT. IT LOOKS TO BE AN ADDITION AT THE BACK AND THE BACK DOOR IS OPEN PICTURE OF THE BACK. AND, UH, WHAT WOULD BE THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOUSE? THESE WINDOWS WERE THE ONES THAT WERE BROKEN OUT IN THE FEBRUARY, 2021 PHOTOS THAT ARE NOW BOARDED. SO IN SUMMARY, AS A RESULT OF 19 COMPLAINTS AND CASES FOR NUISANCE VIOLATIONS, SINCE 2016, CODE COMPLIANCES ISSUED 22 WORK ORDERS TO OUR CONTRACTORS TO REMOVE TRASH AND DEBRIS MO. AND TO SECURE THE STRUCTURES AS A RESULT, THE CITY OF GARLAND HOLDS $16,678 AND 9 CENTS AND LEANS AGAINST THE PROPERTY. THE HOUSE HAS BEEN VACANT WITHOUT UTILITIES AND APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN I'M SORRY. THE HOUSE HAS BEEN WITHOUT UTILITIES AND APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN VACANT SINCE 2019. WHEN STAFF SPOKE TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND ON MAY 10TH, HE EXPRESSED THAT THE PROPERTY WAS HORRIBLE ON THE INSIDE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE IN BETTER CONDITION AND THAT HE WANTED TO MAKE IT NICER. THE REQUIREMENT OF REPAIRING THE HOUSE TO HABITABLE CONDITION WAS DISCUSSED. AND AT THAT TIME, HE SEEMED TO BE INTERESTED IN PRESENTING A PLAN TO THIS BOARD STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR 3,900 NORTH GARLAND AVENUE, IS THAT THE BUILDINGS BE REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION BY JULY 19TH, 2022. IF THE BUILDINGS ARE NOT REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION, AND I FINAL INSPECTION OF THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR IS NOT CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT BY JULY 19TH, 2020 TO CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 PER DAY, BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY BEGINNING JULY 20TH, 2022, AND CONTINUE UNTIL THE BILLINGS ARE REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION AND A FINAL INSPECTION OF THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR IS CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT. IF THE BUILDINGS ARE NOT REPAIRED TO A HABITABLE CONDITION AND PENALTIES HAVE CONTINUED TO ACCRUE BY AUGUST 20TH, 2022, THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDINGS. THANK YOU, MR. WEINSTEIN, BEFORE WE PROCEED IN QUESTIONING OF NOT ONLY THE STAFF, BUT ALSO THE SPEAKERS EVENING. I JUST WANT TO REMIND ALL BOARD MEMBERS OF THE ACRONYM IN OUR V WE'RE LIMITED TO ASK QUESTIONS AND REPRESENTS PROPER NOTICE. NOTICE THAT THE CITY GIVE PROPER NOTICE IN REGARDS TO THE PROPERTY ARE REMEDY. WE'RE ONLY LIMITED ASKING QUESTIONS IN REGARD TO REMEDY OF ALL OF THE VIOLATIONS THAT, THAT THAT'S, THAT THAT'S COMING BEFORE US THIS EVENING AND VI REPRESENTS VIOLATIONS. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE RESTRICTED TO FOR AS FAR AS ASKING OF QUESTIONS WHEN WE PROCEED THIS EVENING, AND NOW WE WILL PROCEED WITH, UH, QUESTIONING FOR MR. WEINSTEIN, ANY QUESTIONS FROM MR WEINSTEIN AT THIS TIME? WELL, I HAVE ONE QUESTION SHINE IN YOUR COMMUNICATION WITH THE OWNER. HOW WOULD YOU, WHAT'S YOUR FEEDBACK? AND FOR US, THE LEVEL OF COOPERATION, AS FAR AS GETTING THE, ALL OF THIS, THE ISSUES THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE US TO, TO BE REMEDIED WHAT'S, WHAT'S YOUR FEEDBACK OR, OR COOPERATION THAT YOU BEING AS BEEN EXPERIENCED, UH, UP TO THIS POINT, THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE BEEN TOO MUCH COOPERATION. UH, SINCE 2019, THE HOUSE HAS BEEN IN A STATE OF BLIGHT AND HAS BEEN UNSECURED SEVERAL TIMES. UH, HOWEVER, AFTER OUR CONVERSATION, HE DID SEEM INTERESTED IN, UH, GETTING THE UTILITIES TURNED ON AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THERE WAS SOME WORK DONE AT THE PROPERTY. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN TWO BUSHES THAT WERE REMOVED AT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. AND ALSO, I BELIEVE THERE WAS SOME TREES REMOVED FROM THE UTILITY LINES, SO THAT UTILITIES COULD BE RESTORED. GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. WEINSTEIN, YOU MAY, AT THIS TIME, YOU MAY BE EXCUSED. WE HAVE A SPEAKER BY THE NAME OF DON THOMPSON, DON THOMPSON. WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORTH AND WILL YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE? YES, SIR. YOU CAN PULL THE MIC IN FRONT OF YOU. MY NAME IS DONALD THOMPSON JR. MY ADDRESS IS 34 19 WESTMINSTER, NUMBER THREE TO SEVEN, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 0 5. [00:35:03] WHAT ELSE? I THANK YOU, MR. THOMPSON, YOU MAY PROCEED TO TELL THE BOARD WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HEAR IT AT THIS TIME. OKAY. UM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN AT THIS POINT. I'M A LITTLE, UM, I KNEW I HAD A PRO A PROBLEM PROPERTY. IT'S A, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY EXCUSES. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THAT PROPERTY IS THAT IT'S, UH, UM, HIGHLY VISIBLE, BUT I KNOW, I KNOW THAT IT'S MY JOB TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP AND TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTY. AND, UM, IT, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A RENTAL HOUSE FOR ME. THAT'S THE REASON I BOUGHT IT. UM, IT'S LIKE TO BE PART OF MY RETIREMENT AND, UH, I'M A REAL ESTATE AGENT. I, UM, GOT CAUGHT IN THAT 2008 D I'VE NEVER RECOVERED FROM THAT. AND TWO OR THREE BAD RENTERS, IT'S IT, I'VE STRUGGLED. IT'S IF I HAD THE RESOURCES TO TAKE CARE OF THAT PROPERTY AND GET IT FUNCTIONAL AND RENT AND RENTED, I WOULD DO THAT. UM, AND I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT. I DIDN'T REALIZE THE EXTENT OF WHAT I NEEDED TO DO UNTIL JUST NOW, WHICH I KNOW THAT DOES, THAT DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT. UM, THE FEBRUARY, 2021, UM, WHEN I MET THE CODE PERSON AT THAT POINT, UH, I DID EVERYTHING, ALL THE GARBAGE ONE-WAY, ALL THE, UH, WINDOWS GOT BOARDED UP IT SECURED. AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT I HAVE WITH THAT PROPERTY. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SOLVE IT. I'VE ASKED FOR HELP, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IT'S, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE CAN'T GUARD MY HOUSE. IT'S, UM, IT IT'S WHEN I'VE SECURED IT MORE THAN ONCE. AND, UM, I, I GUESS, UM, STREET PEOPLE OR HOMELESS PEOPLE BREAK INTO IT. AND, UM, AND THEN I TH I FINALLY GOT THAT RESOLVED THE LAST TIME I SECURED IT. AND NOW I'M DEALING WITH, UM, UM, I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD, WHAT THE EXACT NAME IS, UM, VANDALS OR DELINQUENTS, BUT I THINK THAT CHILDREN AT THIS POINT, OR JUST THEY'RE THEY DO, THEY DO DAMAGE. I MEAN, BUT THAT'S REALLY ALL, THERE'S NOBODY LIVING THERE ANY MORE THAT NOBODY STAYS THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GO HANG OUT. UM, THE BOARDING UP KIND OF HELPED THAT A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. SO THAT, UM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO GO. I GUESS I HAVE SOME NOTES AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PREPARE FOR THIS MEETING, EXCEPT FOR, I TALKED TO MR. WEINSTEIN. AND, UM, HE SAID THAT, UM, WELL BASICALLY WE WANT THE CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME. I'M NOT USED TO THIS. UM, BASICALLY WE WANT THE PROPERTY LIVABLE AND FUNCTION THE WAY IT SHOULD BE FUNCTIONING. AND, UM, HE SUGGESTED THAT I DEVELOP A PLAN, UH, TO GET IT THERE, WHICH EVOLVED YOU ALL, SEEING THE LISTS AND THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. SO NOW I'M JUST, I'M A LITTLE SHAKY ABOUT HOW AM I GOING TO DO THAT ON THE TIMELINE, UH, THAT JULY 19TH THAT'S SEEMS THAT'S OVERWHELMING TO ME RIGHT NOW. UM, I DID BRING, BUT APPARENTLY NOT ENOUGH COPIES MY NOTES, BUT I'LL JUST, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SAY WHAT I'VE DONE SO FAR AND WHAT I HAD PLANNED ON DOING, AND NOW I KNOW WHAT MY, MY PLAN IS BIGGER THAN WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS. UM, SO GENERAL, UH, PROPERTY CLEANUP, UM, NOT THE ENTIRE INSIDE HASN'T BEEN CLEANED OUT YET. THERE'S NOT MUCH IN THERE, THE BACK PORCH AND THE YARD MOWING THE TRASH TREE TRIMMING. [00:40:01] UM, I PURCHASED SOME SUPPLIES FOR WHAT I THOUGHT NEEDED TO BE DONE, AND I HAVE OTHER SUPPLIES THAT I'M, UH, THAT I JUST HAVE WHERE I LIVE, THAT I MOVED OVER THERE. UM, THIS, I HIRED SOMEBODY TO RE SECURE THE DOORS. I WENT OVER THERE TODAY AND I THERE'S ONE, THERE'S ONE POINT OF ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW. AND THAT DOOR HAS NOT BEEN RE SECURED. I, I, I, THE LAST TIME I SECURED IT, I SECURED IT THE WAY THEY DO WHEN, LIKE IN BLIGHTED AREAS. I KNOW I DON'T, I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S A BLIGHTED AREA, BUT WHERE THE TWO BY FOURS, YOU HAVE THE BIG, HUGE BOLTS AT THE SH THE PLYWOOD GOES ON THE OUTSIDE AND THE TWO BY FOURS GO ON THE INSIDE. AND THE, AND SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU THINK THEY CAN'T GET IN. AND SO THAT'S HELD UP. I ALSO DID THE PLYWOOD WITH THE BIG HINGES, UM, AND PADLOCKS, I MEAN, HEAVY HARDWARE, NOT, NOT ANY LIGHTWEIGHT HARDWARE. AND THEN THEY DID GET, THEY DID PRY ONE OF THE DOORS OFF. AND SO THAT'S, IT'S NOT RE IT'S NOT SECURED YET, BUT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN, I HIRED SOMEBODY TO DO THAT. UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I'VE DONE, I THINK THAT, UM, THAT I'VE EXTERMINATED IT THERE. I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING IN THERE, BUT I EXTERMINATED IT ANYWAY. AND, UM, THEN THE, THE, THE SAFETY, THE, THE SAFETY HAZARD IS, WAS, IS IT'S RESOLVED NOW WHERE THE BACK PORCH, ALL THE, UH, IT USED, IT WAS A SUNROOM AND ALL THE WINDOWS, THE KIDS WOULD BREAK THE WINDOWS OUT. SO ALL THE WINDOWS HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND ALL THE SIDING HAS MOSTLY BEEN REPLACED. THERE'S ONE SIDE THAT STILL NEEDS SIDING. AND, UM, AND THE TRAM I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AS A PORCH INSTEAD OF A SUNROOM. AND THEN THE, AND THEN LIKE, UH, THEY CAN'T BREAK THE WINDOWS OUT ANYMORE WHILE I'M TRYING TO FIX THE REST OF IT. MR. THOMPSON, THAT PLAN THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING TO IN YOUR HANDS, ARE YOU ABLE, IS THAT YOUR ONLY COPY? I HAVE A COPY AND AT, OKAY. AT THIS I'M SHARING, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT, BUT THIS, I WOULD SHARE WITH EVERYBODY, LIKE I CAN MAKE COPIES IF YOU'RE WILLING TO. YES. I'M WILLING TO SUBMIT WHAT I'M READING. GO AHEAD. WE WERE ENTERED MR. THOMPSON'S PLAN AT THIS TIME AS EXHIBIT A EXHIBIT A IT'S JUST HANDWRITTEN NOTES. AND WHAT I WAS GOING OVER, UH, WAS WHAT I'VE ALREADY DONE. UM, THE PAINT PREP HAS STARTED, BUT NO PAINT YET, UM, UH, ROTTING, WOOD REPLACEMENT, BUT IT'S NOT COMPLETE YET. I, UM, I SCHEDULED UTILITIES ON, WHICH IS ANOTHER DIFF IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING WITH THIS PROPERTY SEEMS TO BE DIFFICULT. UM, IT TOOK ME THREE OR FOUR DAYS TO GET UTILITIES ON. AND, UH, SO I HAVE WATER AND TRASH NOW AND SEWER, UM, BUT THE ELECTRIC THERE, IT WASN'T CODE. SO TREES HAD TO BE TRIMMED, WHICH ARE TRIMMED. THE WIRE IS ROLLED BACK UP TO THE POLE SO THAT IT'S NOT ENDANGERING ANYBODY. AND THEN I HAVE TO GET A, UH, A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN THAT PERMITS BRINGING THE, THE METER AND ALL OF THAT'S NOT CODE. IT ALL HAS TO BE BROUGHT UP TO CODE. SO I CALLED A, UM, I CALLED AN ELECTRICIAN AND I HAVEN'T MET THEM YET. I HAVEN'T, I DIDN'T, I DON'T HAVE AN APPOINTMENT. AND SO WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE SCOPE OF WORK WAS TO BASICALLY, UM, ADDRESS THE BACK PART WHERE ALL THE BROKEN WINDOWS WERE, WHICH IS, I WOULD SAY, NOT TO EXAGGERATE HALF DONE. UM, AND THEN TO REPLACE ALL THE ROTTEN, UM, THAT'S BEEN STARTED IT'S I LOOKED AT IT TODAY AND, UM, I'LL HAVE A TALK WITH MY CONTRACTOR. HEY, HE MISSED A FEW PLACES AND HE NEEDS TO DO A BETTER JOB, OR I MIGHT I'LL HAVE TO GET ANOTHER PERSON, UM, AND THEN REPLACED THE WINDOWS IN THE HOUSE AND GET THE ELECTRIC, UM, INSTALLED. AND THEN [00:45:01] TO ME, I FELT LIKE THE, THE ROOF DOESN'T LEAK, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MISSING SHINGLES ON ONE SIDE, UM, THERE'S SHEET, ROCK DAMAGE INSIDE WHERE I GUESS IT'S KIDS, OR JUST VERY ANGRY PEOPLE. UM, AND THEN I NE I HAVE ONE FUNCTIONING BATHROOM AND I NEED TO GET INTO THE OTHER FUNCTIONING BATHROOM AND A KITCHEN INSTALLED, AND THE REST IS COSMETICS. OKAY. MR. THOMPSON, YOU ARE GETTING LIKE THE FEW RECEIPTS THAT I HAVE SO FAR. RIGHT. AND THEN, UM, I HAVE A ESTIMATE OR, UM, THE WOOD AND PAINT AND WINDOWS, AND THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED. AND, UM, THAT'S, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENCE IN PUTTING THE YEAR PLAN TOGETHER. AND I ALREADY PAID FOR A LOT OF LANDSCAPING WORK. I MEAN, IT WAS MORE THAN THE TWO, THE TWO BUSHES, RIGHT. AND THEN AS, AS WE GO FORWARD, THEN HAVE YOUR PLAN DOCUMENTED AS, AS AN EXHIBIT. I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU ONE QUESTION BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS. YOU UNDERSTAND THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY IS BRINGING BEFORE US TONIGHT AND BASED UPON WHAT THE CITY IS RECOMMENDING, DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE TIMELINE THAT'S BEING PRESENTED SAYING, OH, IT'S HORRIFYING. HORRIFYING. OKAY. WHAT IS, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS, IS A REASONABLE TIMELINE TO GET YOUR PROPERTY UP TO CODE? I'M I'M VERY DISTURBED RIGHT NOW. I TH I'M THINK I'M THINKING CLEARLY. UM, I KNOW I, I FINALLY KNOW HOW SERIOUS IT IS, SO I DON'T WANT TO MAKE A MISTAKE AND SAY SOME CRAZY NUMBER, BECAUSE IT'S CLEAR THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN MEETING MY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR A LONG TIME. UM, THE, IN ONE OF THE BIDS, THE WINDOWS CAN'T EVEN GET HERE UNTIL SIX OR EIGHT WEEKS. RIGHT. MR. THOMPSON, WE BEAR IN MIND. IF, IF THERE IS A CONCERTED EFFORT, THE CITY WILL WORK WITH YOU AND SHOW SOME FLEXIBILITY, BUT FOR US TO MAKE A RATIONAL DECISION, YOU HAVE TO GIVE US A BALLPARK DATE THAT YOU CONSIDERED THIS PRACTICAL, BUT I'M AFRAID TO SAY SOMETHING TOO LONG. UM, SO CAN I, CAN, I THINK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, UM, AND IT'S FINANCING TO, I DON'T THINK IT'S UNREASONABLE TO ASK FOR SIX MONTHS, EXCEPT FOR MY HISTORY IS, GOES REALLY, IT LOOKS APPEARS TO GO VERY STRONGLY AGAINST ME. WE'VE TALKING ABOUT SIX MONTHS FROM TODAY. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BASICALLY NOVEMBER. THAT'S WHAT, YEAH. YES. AND THEN I WOULD BE WILLING, WELL, I CAN WORK WITH, CAN I CALL YOU SEAN? YEAH, I CAN WORK WITH SEAN AND, AND, UM, I ACTUALLY NEED SOME OF THE NOTES THAT HE HAS SO THAT I KNOW EVERYTHING EXACTLY. I MEAN, I HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE THERE, BUT THERE'S SOME SPECIFICS THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER AND DIDN'T REALLY KNOW, REALIZE. SO I CA I COULD KEEP HIM UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS, OR I COULD COME BEFORE THE BOARD AGAIN WITH UPDATES. AND, BUT YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION. I DIDN'T ANSWER IT. THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE CITY'S RECOMMENDATION THAT ARE THE TIMELINES TO GET YOUR PROPERTY UP TO COMPLIANCE AND YOU, IN YOUR TESTIMONY, YOU JUST QUOTED SIX MONTHS, RIGHT? THAT BASICALLY WOULD PUT YOU AT TWO NOVEMBER 19. RIGHT. AND I WOULD JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT DONE. OKAY. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTION FROM MR. THOMPSON. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME FROM THE BOARD REGARDING MR. THOMPSON'S PROPERTY? IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. THOMPSON SAYING MR. THOMPSON, WE THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING, PUTTING TOGETHER YOUR PLAN TO GET THIS PROPERTY UP TO CODE. AND AT THIS TIME SAYING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, YOU MAY BE EXCUSED AT THIS TIME. OUR NEXT SPEAKER CARD, WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL BY THE NAME OF ROBERT FRITZ, FRITZ, [00:50:01] ROBERT FRITZ. I'M APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR LAST NAME. OKAY. FOR FRESH. YEAH. I REPRESENT I'M REPRESENTING WELLS FARGO BANK. BEFORE YOU CAN PROCEED. WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, SIR. UH, ROBERT FRISCH MATERNITY AT MY ADDRESS IS 1 5 1 5 0 PRESTON ROAD, DALLAS. THANK YOU, ROB, MR. FRISCH, YOU MAY PROCEED THIS. THE RECORD WELLS FARGO IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR LIEN AND, UH, THE CONDITION THAT THIS PROPERTY'S IN. UH, I WOULD ASK THE, LIKE TO FIND OUT, WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THESE LIENS. UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, SEAN, UH, CAN YOU, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE BASE OF THOSE THERE ARE AND HAVE THEY BEEN RECORDED AS LIENS? THEY HAVE BEEN RECORDED AS FILED WITH THE COUNTY. THEY ARE, WHAT ARE THEY PRIMARILY FOR? UM, THESE ARE ALL ABATEMENT LIENS FOR THE THINGS I LISTED MOWING SECURING. WELL, OBVIOUSLY THAT CREATES A PROBLEM WITH OUR EVALUATION AS WELL. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO GET A COPY OF MR. THOMPSON'S PLAN THAT HE'S PRESENTED TO YOU FOLKS. IF I COULD GET A COPY OF THAT TO SEND TO WELLS FARGO, THEY WANT A REPORT FROM ME AS TO WHAT THE CONDITION IS AND SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. AND FRANKLY, RIGHT NOW MINE WOULD BE IF THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR SECURITY, THEIR COLLATERAL, UH, WHETHER IN FACT, THEY, UH, OUGHT TO GO AHEAD AND JUST POST A NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE ON THIS OR WORK, WORK WITH HIM. AND I GUESS THAT DEPENDS SOMEWHAT ON WHAT YOU FOLKS RULE, UH, ON GIVING HIM AN EXTENSION. AND THEN WHETHER HIS PLAN IS EVEN REALISTIC, IF HE HAS THE FINANCIAL CAPABILITY OF DOING IT. UH, SO I WILL BE MAKING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LENDER, UH, AND IT'LL BE THEIR DECISION AS TO HOW THEY WANT TO PROCEED. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I HAD. THANK YOU. OKAY, MR. FRITZ, WHERE WE'LL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. FRISCH? ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. FRESHER. YOU MAY BE EXCUSED AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. DO WE, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE ARTIST I WISH TO LEAVE THE COME FORWARD AND SPEAK IN REGARDS TO THIS PROPERTY? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE SAYING THEN WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD, MS. JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS. WHENEVER I PROPERTIES IS IN A PARTICULAR DISTRICT, THE BOARD MEMBER THAT'S RESIDING THAT HAS BEEN APPOINTED, THAT DISTRICT HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE THE, WE GIVE HIM PRIVILEGED FOR THAT BOARD MEMBER TO MAKE THE MOTION IN REGARDS TO THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY IN THAT DISTRICT. SO THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT SEVEN, MS. MARTHA MALACO, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? MA'AM I MOVE THAT. WE ACCEPT THIS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND GET, AND GIVE MR. THOMPSON THE SIX MONTHS, UM, AND CHANGE THE DATES TO NOVEMBER 19TH, 2022, AND THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY BE ASSESSED BEGINNING NOVEMBER THE 20TH OF 2022. AND WE HAVE THE LAST DATA AT THE VERY END, NOVEMBER THE 20TH, NOVEMBER THE 20TH. OKAY. WOULD THAT BE DECEMBER THE 20TH? EVERY LAST DATE WOULD BE DECEMBER THE 20TH. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MS. MCLAUGHLIN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND BY MR. LONG. ANY DISCUSSION, ANY DISCUSSION SAYING THAT WE HAVE A MOTION BY MS. SECOND BY MR. LONG SEEING NO DISCUSSION. WE WOULD VOTE AT THIS TIME TO ACCEPT THE, THE, UH, [00:55:01] THE RECOMMENDATION AS READ I WANT TO GET MY MOUSE TO WORK WITH WE'RE WAITING FOR THE RESULTS READY FOR THE TALLY OF THE VOTES. SO THAT'S A NO, DID HE PICK ME UP AND I KICKED IT. IT DID RECORDED, BUT THIS PREGNANT, YES, I AM UNABLE, UM, UNABLE TO SEE THE TALLY OF THE VOTES. WHAT'S THE REASON SIX? YES. ONE NOW SIX YEARS. OKAY. THE MOTION HAS APPROVED 66. YES. AND ONE. NO. OKAY. WE WILL PROCEED WITH THE NEXT CASE. THE NEXT CASE IS, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE C DOCKET NUMBER 2022 DASH OH TWO. UH, MR. CHAIRMAN WAS AT 2022 DASH OH TWO. CORRECT. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT, THIS IS DOCKET 2022 DASH OH TWO FOUR, THE MAY 19TH, 2022 PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD HEARING. THIS IS SEVEN 12 BELMONT DRIVE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, BLOCK D LOT NINE OF THE HIGHLANDER EDITION IS A SUBSTANDARD PROPERTY IN A SINGLE FAMILY, SEVEN DISTRICT WITH AN IMPROVED VALUE OF $147,180. THE OWNER IS TRACY BELI SEVEN 12 BELMONT DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS 7 5 0 4 0 7 7 0 0. NOTICE OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN THIS MATTER HAS BEEN GIVEN, MAILED, PUBLISHED, AND POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW ON APRIL 22ND, 2022, THE CITY OF GARLAND NOTICE THE PROCEEDINGS WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY ALSO ON APRIL 22ND, 2022, THE CITY OF GARLAND NOTICED THE PROCEEDINGS WAS PUBLISHED IN A LOCAL NEWSPAPER, APRIL 25TH, 2022, THE CITY OF GARLAND ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS BY US POSTAL SERVICE CERTIFIED DELIVERY TO PERSON INVESTED OWNER OF RECORD IDENTIFIED BY DALLAS COUNTY RECORDS. THERE EXIST ON THE PREMISES LOCATED AT SEVEN 12 BELMONT DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, THE PROPERTY SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS DUE TO MINIMUM HOUSING, PROPERTY STANDARDS AND HEALTH AND SAFETY VIOLATIONS, CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS WHEREAS THE PROPERTY IS IN VIOLATION OF THE CITY OF GARLAND CODE OF ORDINANCES. THEREFORE STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE ALL VIOLATIONS ON THE DEFICIENCY LIST BE IN COMPLIANCE BY JULY 19TH, 2022. IF ALL THE VIOLATIONS ON THE DEFICIENCY LIST ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE AND THEY FINAL INSPECTION IS NOT CONDUCTED BY JULY 19TH, 2020 TO CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 PER DAY, BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY BEGINNING JULY 20TH, 2022, AND CONTINUE UNTIL ALL VIOLATIONS ON THE DEFICIENCY LIST ARE IN COMPLIANCE. AND AN INSPECTION IS CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT. AFTER HE RECRUITS CIVIL PENALTIES EXCEED $18,000. [01:00:01] THE OFFICE OF THE CITY OF CITY ATTORNEY IS AUTHORIZED TO FILE SUIT AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNER TO CONVERT THE CIVIL PENALTIES TO A CIVIL JUDGMENT, THE FILING OF SUCH AN ACTION, HOWEVER, SHALL NOT ACT TO STOP THE CONTINUED ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES AGAINST THE PROPERTY. SHOULD THE PROPERTY REMAIN NONCOMPLIANT WITH THE ORDER OF THIS BOARD? THE DECISION TO FILE SUCH THE ACTION SHALL BE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY. THIS IS A MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF SEVEN, 12 BELMONT DRIVE. IT IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BELMONT AND HIGHLAND WAS PROPER NOTICE PROVIDED FOR THE PSP. HEARING INTERESTED PARTIES WERE IDENTIFIED VIA TITLE SEARCH COUNTY PROPERTY RECORDS D CAD PROPERTY RECORDS RECORDS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WERE APPLICABLE TAX AND UTILITY RECORDS. AND AS SOON NAME RECORDS ON APRIL 22ND, 2021 STAFF POSTED, SORRY, THAT SHOULD BE A 2022 STAFF POSTED THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS FOR TONIGHT'S HEARING AT THE PROPERTY. APRIL 30TH, 2022. THE SERVICE CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS WAS MARKED DELIVERED LEFT WITH INDIVIDUAL BY U S P P S TRACKING SERVICE FOR TRACY RED AT 6 0 9 COMANCHE TRAIL AND MURPHY, TEXAS 7 5 0 9 FOR APRIL 30TH, 2022 CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS WAS MARKED AS IN TRANSIT ARRIVING LATE BY USP TRACKING SERVICE FOR TRACY BELLY AT SEVEN 12 BELMONT DRIVE GARLAND, TEXAS 7 5 0 4 0 7700 ON APRIL 27TH, 2022 CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS IS MARKED AS DELIVERED LEFT WITH INDIVIDUAL BY USP AS TRACKING SERVICE FOR J MARK HESI, PC TRUSTEE, 55 60 TENNESSEE PARKWAY, SUITE TWO 50, UH, PLANO, TEXAS 75 0 2 FOR APRIL 29TH, 2022. THE CER CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS WAS MARKED AS DELIVERED BY USPS TRACKING SERVICE FOR PROSPERITY HOME MORTGAGE LLC. 1 4 5 0 1 GEORGE CARTER WAY, SUITE 300 IN CHANTILLY, VIRGINIA, 2 0 1 5 1 ON MAY. FIRST OF 2022, TRACY RED OWNER EMAILED STAFF AFTER RECEIVING THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS FOR THIS HEARING. THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS POSTED ON THE FRONT DOOR OF THE PROPERTY AT SEVEN 12 BELMONT DRIVE. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN ON APRIL 22ND. WHEN THE POSTING WAS POSTED TIMELINE OF ACTIONS FOR THIS PROPERTY BEGAN IN OCTOBER OF 2020 D CAD INDICATED A CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP AT THE PROPERTY AND UTILITY RECORDS CONFIRMED A NEW OCCUPANT IN APRIL OF 20 22 21 CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF SAW AN INCREASE IN TRASH AND IMPROPER STORAGE AT THE PROPERTY SEPTEMBER OF 2021 CODE COMPLIANCE AND GARLAND POLICE COORDINATED A VISIT TO THE PROPERTY TO ADDRESS ONGOING VIOLATIONS WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE PROPERTY AND UNATTENDED FIRE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE FRONT YARD AND THE GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED NOVEMBER OF 2021 CODE COMPLIANCE AND GARLAND POLICE RESPONDED TO ANOTHER COMPLAINT OF A HOME OCCUPATION AND IMPROPER STORAGE AT THE PROPERTY. THE OCCUPANT SEEMED TO BE BRINGING ITEMS TO THE PROPERTY, TO DISASSEMBLE AND SELL A SCRAP IN MARCH OF 2022, THE GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A TRASH FIRE IN THE BACKYARD OF THE PROPERTY. ACCORDING TO THE FIRE MARSHAL, THE VOLUME OF COMBUSTIBLES AROUND THE FIRE WAS OF A GREAT CONCERN. THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN AT THE TIME THAT THEY RESPONDED TO THAT SECOND FIRE. THESE WERE TAKEN BY THE GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS THE BACKYARD OF THE PROPERTY. ITS PICTURES WERE ALSO PROVIDED BY THE GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT WAS THE MAIN LOCATION OF THE FIRE. SEVEN 12 BELMONT DRIVE DEFICIENCY LIST INCLUDE SUBSTANDARD AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY, TRASH AND IMPROPER STORAGE OF THE EXTERIOR UNMAINTAINED FENCE WITH UNAPPROVED MATERIALS AND VARIOUS LOCATIONS, MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS VIOLATIONS SUCH AS A BROKEN WINDOW, DAMAGED SOFFITS AND PEELING PAINT ON THE HOUSE AND DAMAGED ROOF ON THE ACCESSORY BUILDING. THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY AT SEVEN 12 BELMONT DRIVE. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON MAY 13TH. THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY AT SEVEN 12 BELMONT DRIVE. THIS WAS TAKEN MAY 16TH. LET'S SEE THAT WINDOW IS IT'S BROKEN. THE SOFFIT ABOVE THE WINDOW IS, LOOKS TO BE FALLING. AND THEN THERE'S SOME ALSO SOME PEELING PAINT ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE PICTURE. THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE BACKYARD TAKEN MAY 16TH OF SEVEN, 12 BELMONT DRIVE. [01:05:02] SO ANOTHER PICTURE AT THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND THEN CLOSED BY THE FENCE IN THE BACKYARD AT SEVEN 12 BELMONT DRIVE, THIS WAS ALSO TAKEN MAY 16TH. THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE BACKYARD AND INCLUDES A PORTION OF THE FENCE. THIS WAS TAKEN MAY 16TH, 2022 SHOWS THEM PROPER STORAGE AND ALSO THE, SOME OF THE FENCE MAINTENANCE ISSUES. THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE ACCESSORY BUILDING AT SEVEN 12 BELMONT DRIVE TAKEN MAY 16TH. IT ALSO SHOWS, UH, THE, THE LOCATION OF THE LAST FIRE RESPONDED TO THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE FENCE AND SOME MORE ROOM, PROPER STORAGE IN THE BACKYARD AT SEVEN 12, BELMONT DRIVE ALSO TAKEN MAY 16TH AND THE LAST PICTURE OF THE FENCE AND SOME OF THE INAPPROPRIATE REPAIRS. THIS IS IT. SEVEN 12 BELMONT DRIVE ALSO TAKEN MAY 16TH SUMMARY. THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN THE SOURCE OF SEVERAL COMPLAINTS AND CASES FOR THE GARLAND FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS CODE COMPLIANCE. SINCE THE CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP IN 2020 CODE COMPLIANCE HAS HAD AN ONGOING CASE OPEN FOR IMPROPER STORAGE SINCE APRIL OF 2021. THIS CASE HAS BEEN AT AN ESCALATED ENFORCEMENT LEVEL FOR SOME TIME. ADDITIONAL VIOLATIONS INCLUDE PROHIBITED HOME OCCUPATION, BULKY ITEM PLACEMENT OF ITEMS FROM OTHER PROPERTIES, FENCE MAINTENANCE AND MINIMUM HOUSING VIOLATIONS. THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR SEVEN 12 BELMONT DRIVE IS THAT ALL VIOLATIONS ON THE DEFICIENCY LIST BE IN COMPLIANCE BY JULY 19TH, 2022. IF ALL THE VIOLATIONS ON THE DEFICIENCY LIST ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE AND THEY FINAL INSPECTION IS NOT CONDUCTED BY JULY 19TH, 2020 TO CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY, BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY BEGINNING JULY 20TH, 2022, AND CONTINUE UNTIL ALL VIOLATIONS ON THE DEFICIENCY LIST ARE IN COMPLIANCE. AND AN INSPECTION IS CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT. AFTER UNPAID ACCRUED CIVIL PENALTIES EXCEED $18,000. THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY IS AUTHORIZED TO FILE SUIT AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNER TO CONVERT THE CIVIL PENALTIES INTO A CIVIL JUDGMENT. THE FILING IS SUCH AN ACTION, HOWEVER, SHALL NOT ACT TO STOP THE CONTINUED ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES AGAINST THE PROPERTY. SHOULD THE PROPERTY REMAIN NONCOMPLIANT WITH THE ORDER OF THIS BOARD? THE DECISION TO FILE SUCH AN ACTION SHALL BE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU, MR. WEINSTEIN, BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH THE OTHER SPEAKERS IN THIS, IN THIS RE IN REGARDS TO THIS PROPERTY, HAVE YOU NUMBER ONE, HAVE YOU HAD ANY COMMUNICATION WITH THE OWNER THEN NUMBER TWO, WHAT TYPE OF COOPERATION, IF ANY EXISTS IN REGARDS TO REMEDYING THIS, THIS PROPERTY? UH, OUR STAFF HAS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION. OUR INSPECTOR IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE OCCUPANT OF THE HOME AND ALSO WITH THE, UH, THEY ARE RELATED. UH, HE DID HELP SOMEWHAT TO ORGANIZE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPEN TOP DUMPSTER TO THE PROPERTY. A LOT OF ITEMS DID END UP IN THE CONTAINER AND LEAVING. AND SO THERE WAS, UH, THERE WAS SOME CLEANING OF THE BACKYARD IN THE FRONT YARD. HOWEVER, THERE WAS STILL QUITE A FEW ITEMS THAT REMAIN. THANK YOU, MR. WEINSTEIN. I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. WEINSTEIN. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MR. WEINSTEIN SAYING THAT SEAN, YOU MAY BE EXCUSED AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL BY THE NAME OF TAP. TRUE. TRUE. TRACY TRACY, TRACY REED, READ TRACY READ, PLEASE COME FORTH. MS. REDD AND STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE. MY NAME IS TRACY MICHELLE RED. I LIVE AT 6 0 9 COMANCHE TRAIL AND MURPHY, TEXAS 7 5 0 9 4. PLEASE, RAY, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING. PLEASE PROCEED TO TELL THE BOARD WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HEAR THIS EVENING. UM, I WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF ANY OF THIS GOING ON. I'LL HAVE STILL TO THIS MOMENT, DID NOT KNOW THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD EVER BEEN THERE. UM, SO TH THAT'S NEWS TO ME, UM, I DID MEET WITH MR. HAMMONS FROM THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT IN APRIL EARLY APRIL. AND THAT'S WHEN HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT, UM, ALTHOUGH HE HAD BEEN SPEAKING WITH MY SON, I WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE HOUSE WAS, UM, BEING CONSIDERED FOR ANY TYPE OF CIVIL ACTION [01:10:01] AT ALL. SO I HAD NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF THAT UNTIL I SPOKE TO HIM EARLY APRIL. UM, AND THEN AT THAT POINT IS WHEN I GOT BUSY, STARTING, TRYING TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. AND, UM, SINCE THAT TIME WE HAVE SPENT MANY HOURS OVER THERE HELPING MY SON THROW AWAY THINGS. I HAVE RENTED NOT ONE BUT TWO DUMPSTERS FROM THE CITY OF GARLAND. AND I DO HAVE A BILL SHOWING THAT, UM, AND WE'VE ALSO PURCHASED PAINT, FLOWERS, MULCH, STUFF THAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO MAKE THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY LOOK BETTER. UM, AND WE, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE FILLED UP TWO DUMPSTERS FULL OF THINGS THAT MY SON HAD BROUGHT TO THE PROPERTY. SO, UM, I DO HAVE PICTURES. I MEAN, YOU JUST SAW PICTURES, BUT I HAVE SOME THAT WERE TAKEN YESTERDAY. IF YOU WOULD, IF I COULD PRESENT THOSE TO YOU, ERIN MAYA MISREAD, ONCE THIS IS SUBMITTED, THIS, IT BELONGS TO THE CITY. ARE YOU WILLING TO SPARE THE PHOTO THAT YOU'RE SUBMITTING, WILLING TO SUBMIT AT THIS TIME? YES. OKAY. AT THIS TIME WE WERE ENTERED THE PHOTO AS EXHIBIT A. I ACTUALLY HAVE THREE PHOTOS. OKAY. THREE SEPARATE PHOTOS, SO, OKAY. EXHIBITING, UM, WOW. THE PHOTOS ARE BEING DISPERSED OR DISTRIBUTED MISREAD. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. YES, SIR. ARE YOU FAMILIAR A D YOU UNDERSTAND THE CITY RECOMMENDATION IN REGARDS TO THE TIMELINE THAT'S BEING PRESENTED BEFORE US THIS EVENING? UM, YES. WHAT IS YOUR FEEDBACK IN REGARDS TO MEETING THE DEADLINE, TO GET THIS, GET YOUR PROPERTY UP TO COMPLIANCE. I'M GOING TO NEED MORE THAN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST, UM, UNTIL SEPTEMBER TO GET THIS DONE. I ALSO, OTHER THAN THE BROKEN WINDOW THAT I JUST SAW ON THE PHOTOS AND THE SOFFIT, UM, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY SPECIFIC, UM, THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE OTHER THAN THE FENCE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, IF THERE IS A LIST OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE REPAIRED, CAN THAT BE GIVEN TO ME? SURE. THE CITY, THE SHIT, THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEM AT ALL, GIVING YOU THE LIST OF ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. ALL RIGHT. I DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. MRS. RAY, TRACY RED AT THIS TIME, IS THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME TO OTHER PICTURES? THERE'S TWO, TWO OTHER PICTURES. EXHIBIT ENTERED THE TWO PICTURES IN IT AS EXHIBIT B AND EXHIBIT C. AND THESE SECOND PICTURE, SECOND AND THIRD PICTURES HE'S TALKING ABOUT IS JUST SHOWING THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE IN THE BACKYARD UP UNTIL THIS POINT. OKAY. THESE PHOTOS ARE DATED AND YOU SAY THEY'RE DATED. THEY DATED WITH WHAT DATE? THEY ARE NOT DATED, BUT THEY WERE TAKEN YESTERDAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND I DO HAVE A RECEIPT FROM HOME DEPOT AND LIKE I SAID, THE, UM, I HAVE MY GARLAND UTILITY STATEMENT SHOWING THAT I'VE RENTED TWO DUMPSTERS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED TO SEE THAT. UM, UNLESS THE BOARD WISHES THAT, UM, I'M OKAY. UH, JUST WHAT THE, WITH THESE PHOTOS IS, IS GOOD IS ADEQUATE. OKAY. UH, ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM MS. RED SAYING, THEN YOU MAY BE EXCUSED. MR. ED, THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? WE DO. I JUST LIKE TO FOR SHINE BEFORE I CALL THIS NEXT SPEAKER, SEAN, WILL YOU PLEASE COME UP THE OWNER MS. TRACY RAY POSE, A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT NOTIFICATION OF LACK, A LACK THEREOF. UM, COULD YOU JUST REFRESH OUR MEMORY ON THE PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH SHE SAID SHE'S, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SHE'S HEARING ABOUT A LOT OF THIS. UM, THESE, UH VACILLATIONS COULD YOU JUST GO OVER WITH US TO REFRESH OUR MEMORY OF WHAT PROCESS YOU WENT THROUGH IN, IN REGARDS TO NOTIFICATION TWO SEPARATE NOTIFICATIONS? OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THE NOTIFICATION FOR THE HEARING, WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE WORKED. UH, SHE WAS AWARE OF THE HEARING, BUT THE NOTIFICATION FOR THE VIOLATIONS, WE ARE REQUIRED TO SEND ALL OF OUR NOTICES OF VIOLATION TO THE D CAD OWNER, AS INDICATED BY THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. UH, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT SHOWS, UH, THE OWNER TO BE A TRACY BELLY OR BAILEY OF, OF SEVEN, 12 BELMONT. AND SO THAT IS WHERE THE NOTIFICATIONS HAVE ALL GONE. [01:15:01] IN ADDITION TO THE COMMUNICATION WE'VE HAD WITH THE OCCUPANT OF THE HOME. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHERE THE DISCONNECT WAS. THEY WENT TO A, ANOTHER TRACI. NO, THE, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT SHOWS HER TO LIVE AT THIS PROPERTY BASICALLY SHOWS THIS AS THE OFFICIAL NOTICE, UH, LOCATION. OKAY. BUT SHE WAS RESIDING SOMEWHERE ELSE. CORRECT. OKAY. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. ANY, ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. LYONS? I BELIEVE THAT I BELIEVE THAT YOU MET MR. HAMMONS AT THE PROPERTY IN APRIL, SO, OKAY. THANK YOU, SHAWN. OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER THAT WE HAVE ON FILE HERE IS JEFFREY READ JEFFREY RED JEFFREY READ. WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME FOR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MR. PERRY, JEFFREY RED 609 COMANCHE TRAIL MURPHY, TEXAS 75 0 9 4. WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYER REPAIRS, THE FENCES AND THE PICTURES ARE SHARED FENCES, COMMON FENCES WITH THE NEIGHBORS. UM, WE WILL NEED SOME TIME TO COORDINATE WITH THOSE NEIGHBORS FOR THE REPAIR OF THOSE FENCES. AS MENTIONED BY MY WIFE, TRACY, THE BACKYARD CLEANUP CONTINUES. IT IS AN ONGOING PROCESS. UH, WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF ITEMS THAT HAD TO BE REMOVED, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PURSUE THAT ON A VERY ACTIVE MANNER. UH, THE TIMELINE AND I BELIEVE FOR SEPTEMBER IS VERY REASONABLE IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS TO REPAIR THOSE COMMON FENCES AND CONTINUE WITH THE CLEANUP AS APPROPRIATE FOR THE BACKYARD, REPAIRING THEIR BROKEN WINDOW, AND ALSO WORKING ON THE SOFFIT WITH REGARD TO PEELING PAINT. THE HOUSE DOES HAVE ALUMINUM SIDING AND THE ONLY PAINTED AREAS THAT I CAN THINK OF OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WOULD BE THE SUPPORT POSTS FOR THE FRONT PORCH. AND PERHAPS SOME OF THE SIDING, UH, NOTED AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY. THERE, WE WILL LOOK AT THE PROPERTY TO CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE NOT OTHER, OR THERE ARE NOT OTHER AREAS WHERE THAT PAIN IS APPEALING, BUT AGAIN, WOULD REQUEST THE BOARD'S INDULGENCE IN TERMS OF TIMING TO ALLOW FOR THE REPAIRS OF THE COMMON FENCE, WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND AS PART OF THAT PROCESS. THANK YOU, MR. READ, IS THERE ANY QUESTION FOR MR. RAY AT THIS TIME FROM THE BOARD? ANY QUESTIONS SEEING NONE, MR. RAID, YOU MAY BE EXCUSED AT THIS TIME. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS IN REGARDS TO THIS PROPERTY PROPERTY SAYING, SEEING NONE? IS THERE ANYONE WISH TO COME FORTH TO SPEAK OR TESTIFY IN REGARDS TO THIS PROPERTY? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE SEEING NONE? THIS PRACTICAL PROPERTY IS IN DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, MR. JOHN SPENCER, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE, SIR? I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, ACCEPT THE, UH, THE OWNERS PROPOSAL TO, UH, EXTEND OUT TO, UH, SEPTEMBER. I BELIEVE IT WAS IN DECEMBER 19TH, 2022, SEPTEMBER 19 TO 2022. OKAY. WE HAVE SEPTEMBER 20, 22 AND THE OTHER DATES WILL, THE OTHER DATE WOULD CHANGE TO SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2022 IN REGARDS TO ASSESSING ANY, UH, PENALTIES. RIGHT, RIGHT. MR. SPENCER? YES. OKAY. NOTING THE PROPOSAL, OUR RECOMMENDATION ON THE FLOOR. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND. SORRY. A NAME FLASHED UP IN A DISAPPEARED. MR. MORRIS. WALLANDER WE HAVE A SECOND FROM MS. WALLANDER. CAN WE HAVE A FIRST BY MR. SPENCER SECOND BY MS. WALLANDER. ANY DISCUSSION, ANY DISCUSSION SAYING THAT AT THIS TIME WE WOULD TAKE A VOTE OF THE MOTION THAT'S BEING PRESENTED BEFORE IS HOW DO I VOTE HERE? HOW DO I VOTE THAT? LILY? DID I RAISE MY HAND OR WHAT? MY, I HAVE A BLINK. SO I HAVE A BLANK SCREEN JUST BY RECORDING. YES. YES. YEAH. THE VOTE IS YAY. THAT MOTION IS GOING ON. SO IT'S OKAY. THE VOTES ARE CURRENTLY BEING TALLIED YOUR WELFARE, RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS DECISION. WE HAVE [01:20:01] ONE. ALL WE HAVE ONE NOW. UM, MS. LUMPKIN IS LAPIN BELL. OKAY. WE HAVE, WE HAVE SIX YEARS IN ONE. NOW THE MOTION PASSED WITH SIX TO ONE. OKAY. OUR NEXT, UH, NEXT ITEM IS OKAY. OUR NEXT DOCKET ITEM IS DOCKET NUMBER 2022 DASH OH 3 20 22 DASH OH THREE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN THIS IS DOCKET 2022 DASH OH THREE OR THE MAY 19TH HEARING. THIS IS 5 0 8 CHANDLER DRIVE IN COUNCIL, DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, BLOCK H LOT THREE OF THE CHANDLER HEIGHTS EDITION. IT IS A SUBSTANDARD PROPERTY IN A SINGLE FAMILY, SEVEN DISTRICT WITH AN IMPROVEMENT VALUE OF $137,550. THE OWNER IS TINA RENEE WICKER AND EDDIE DWAYNE DAVIS AT 5 0 8 GART CHANDLER DRIVE IN GARLAND, TEXAS 75 0 4 0 7 7 7. ONE NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS IN THIS MATTER HAS BEEN GIVEN, MAILED, PUBLISHED, AND POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW ON APRIL 22ND, 2022, THE CITY OF GARLAND NOTICE OR PROCEEDINGS WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY. ALSO APRIL 22ND, 2022 CITY OF GARLAND. NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS WAS PUBLISHED IN A LOCAL NEWSPAPER, APRIL 25TH, 2022, THE CITY OF GARLAND ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS BY US POSTAL SERVICE CERTIFIED DELIVERY. TWO PERSON INVESTED OWNER OF RECORD OWNERS OF RECORD IDENTIFIED BY DALLAS COUNTY RECORDS. THEY EXIST ON THE PREMISES LOCATED AT 5 0 8 CHANDLER DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, THE PROPERTY SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS DUE TO MINIMUM PROPERTY STANDARDS IN HEALTH AND SAFETY VIOLATIONS, CODE COMPLIANCE, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WHEREAS THE PROPERTY IS IN VIOLATION OF THE CITY OF GARLAND CODE OF ORDINANCES. THEREFORE STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT ALL VIOLATIONS ON THE DEFICIENCY LIST BE IN COMPLIANCE BY JULY 19TH, 2022. IF ALL THE VIOLATIONS ON THE DEFICIENCY LIST ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE AND THEY FINAL INSPECTION IS NOT CONDUCTED BY JULY 19TH, 2020 TO CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 PER DAY, BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY BEGINNING JULY 20TH, 2022, AND CONTINUE UNTIL ALL VIOLATIONS ON THE DEFICIENCY LIST ARE IN COMPLIANCE. AND AN INSPECTION IS CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT. AFTER UNPAID ACCRUED CIVIL PENALTIES EXCEED $18,000. THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY IS AUTHORIZED TO FILE SUIT AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO CONVERT THE CIVIL PENALTIES INTO A CIVIL JUDGMENT. THE FILING IS SUCH AN ACTION, HOWEVER, SHALL NOT ACT TO STOP THE CONTINUED ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES AGAINST THE PROPERTY. SHOULD THE PROPERTY REMAIN NONCOMPLIANT WITH THE ORDER OF THIS BOARD? THE DECISION TO FILE SUCH AN ACTION SHALL BE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY. THIS IS A MAP THAT SHOWS THE LOCATION OF 5 0 8 CHANDLER DRIVE. IT IS WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF CHANDLER AND FIFTH STREET. IT IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT. NUMBER TWO WAS PROPER NOTICE PROVIDED FOR THE PSB. HEARING INTERESTED PARTIES WERE IDENTIFIED VIA TITLE SEARCH COUNTY PROPERTY RECORDS, D CAD PROPERTY RECORDS RECORDS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHERE APPLICABLE TAX AND UTILITY RECORDS AND ASSUMED NAME RECORDS ON APRIL 22ND, 2022 STAFF POSTED THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS FOR TONIGHT'S HEARING AT THE PROPERTY. STAFF SPOKE TO THE 50% OWNER OF THE, OF THE, AND OCCUPANT EDDIE, DWAYNE DAVIS AT THE PROPERTY WHILE POSTING THE NOTICE APRIL 27TH, 2022 CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS WAS MARKED AS DELIVERED BY USP AS TRACKING SERVICE. FORTINA RENEE WICKER AND EDDIE DWAYNE DAVIS AT 5 0 8 CHANDLER IN GARLAND, TEXAS 7 5 0 4 0 7 7 7 1 MAY 6TH, 2022. THE CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS IS MARKED AS DELIVERED, LEFT WITH AN INDIVIDUAL BY USP, AS TRACKING SERVICE FOR TINA. WHEN RENEE WICKER AT 33 25 BLUFF VIEW DRIVE IN GARLAND, TEXAS 75, 0 4 3 ON MAY 17TH, 2022 STAFF SPOKE TO TINA WICKER, 50% OWNER BY PHONE. AFTER SHE HAD RECEIVED THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS. THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS POSTED ON THE FRONT DOOR OF 5 0 8 CHANDLER DRIVE. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN ON APRIL 22ND, 2022 AT THE TIME OF THE POSTING TIMELINE OF ACTIONS, UH, FOR 508 CHANDLER DRIVE BEGAN IN JUNE OF 2016. CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF HAS WORKED 31 CASES AND COMPLAINTS AT THIS PROPERTY. THE VIOLATIONS ADDRESSED BY STAFF INCLUDE IMPROPER STORAGE, TRASH OVERSIZED VEHICLES AND OPERABLE VEHICLES PROHIBITED, PROHIBITED, HOME OCCUPATION, FENCE MAINTENANCE, [01:25:01] AND MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS. AND APRIL OF 2018 CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF CONDUCTED A WARRANT ABATEMENT AT THE PROPERTY TO REMOVE TRASH AND IMPROPERLY STORED ITEMS IN AUGUST OF 2018 AND CONTINUING TO PRESENT. SO SHORTLY AFTER THE WARRANT ABATEMENT CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF BEGAN RECEIVING COMPLAINTS AGAIN FOR THE SAME, SAME TYPE OF VIOLATIONS THAT THE PROPERTY AND THESE VIOLATIONS DO STILL CONTINUE. THE DEFICIENCY LIST FOR 508 CHANDLER DRIVE INCLUDES IMPROPERLY STORED ITEMS AND TRASH FENCE CONSTRUCTED WITH UNAPPROVED MATERIALS, MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS VIOLATIONS ON THE ACCESSORY BUILDING. THIS INCLUDES ROTTED SIDING AND FACIA, PEELING, PAINT, AND DAMAGED ROOF STRUCTURE. THEY MUST CEASE PROHIBITED HOME, THE PROHIBITED HOME OCCUPATION AND THE JUNK MOTOR VEHICLES MUST BE REMOVED. THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE FRONT OF 5 0 8 CHANDLER DRIVE. THIS WAS TAKEN ON MAY 16TH. THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE FRONT OF 5 0 8 CHANDLER DRIVE. AND IT'S ALSO TAKEN ON MAY 16TH. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN FROM THE STREET OF 5 0 8 CHANDLER DRIVE AND SHOWS THE FRONT OF THE ACCESSORY BUILDING, WHICH IS IN THE REAR YARD. SO THIS IS THE FRONT FACING WALL OF THE ACCESSORY BUILDING. THIS IS A PICTURE FROM THE ALLEY EASEMENT OF 5 0 8 CHANDLER DRIVE SHOWS THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE FENCE WITH INAPPROPRIATE MATERIALS AND ALSO THE BACK OF THE, OR THE, THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ACCESSORY BUILDING WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE A, UH, LIKE A PATIO COVER OR A CARPORT. THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY OF 5 0 8 CHANDLER WITH SOME IMPROPERLY STORED ITEMS. IN SUMMARY. THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN THE SOURCE OF MANY COMPLAINTS AND CASES SINCE 2016, CODE COMPLIANCE, EXECUTED A WARRANT TO CLEAN THE PROPERTY IN APRIL OF 2018. AS A RESULT, THE CITY OF GARLAND HOLDS $939 AND 44 CENTS IN ABATEMENT LIENS AGAINST THE PROPERTY. SHORTLY AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THAT WARRANT, THE OWNER BEGAN BRINGING MORE IMPROPERLY STORED ITEMS AND TRASH TO THE PROPERTY. THE OWNER OCCUPANT IS RUNNING A PROHIBITED HOME OCCUPATION AND BRINGS TREE LIMBS AND OTHER ITEMS TO THE PROPERTY TO SALVAGE AND SELL WHILE PREPARING FOR THIS HEARING STAFF LEARNED THAT THERE'S A JUDGMENT AGAINST THE PROPERTY FOR UNPAID TAXES, WITH AN ORDER OF SALE PENDING STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR 508 CHANDLER DRIVE, IS THAT ALL VIOLATIONS ON THE DEFICIENCY LIST BE IN COMPLIANCE BY JULY 19TH, 2022, IF ALL VIOLATIONS ON THE DEFICIENCY LIST ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE AND THEY FILE INSPECTION IS NOT CONDUCTED BY JULY 19TH, 2020 TO CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY, BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY BEGINNING JULY 20TH, 2022, AND CONTINUE UNTIL ALL THE VIOLATIONS ON THE DEFICIENCY LIST ARE IN COMPLIANCE. AND AN INSPECTION IS CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT. AFTER UNPAID ACCRUED CIVIL PENALTIES EXCEED $18,000. THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY IS AUTHORIZED TO FILE SUIT AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNER TO CONVERT THE CIVIL PENALTIES INTO A CIVIL JUDGMENT, THE FILING OF SUCH AN ACTION, HOWEVER, SHALL NOT ACT TO STOP THE CONTINUED ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES AGAINST THE PROPERTY. SHOULD THE PROPERTY REMAIN NONCOMPLIANT WITH THE ORDER OF THIS BOARD? THE DECISION TO FILE SUCH AN ACTION SHALL BE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU, MR. WEINSTEIN. UH, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR MR. WEINSTEIN. WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. ANY QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE, UM, CAN YOU SHOW US THE SCREEN WHERE YOU ACTUALLY DID THE NOTICE FOR, UH, BUT THE POSTING OF THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDING? NO. THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT YOU PROVIDED NOTICE OF THE HEARING TO MS. WICKER, PERHAPS THIS. YES. AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT MR. DWAYNE DAVIS ALSO RECEIVED NOTICE, CORRECT? HE DID. IN FACT, HE WAS ALSO HERE. HE RECEIVED NOTICE AND WAS ALSO PRESENT WHEN WE POSTED THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDING AT THE PROPERTY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISMA, MICHAEL, ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR SEAN? ANY MORE QUESTIONS SAYING THEN SEAN, YOU MAY BE EXCUSED AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER IN REGARDS TO THAT, TO THIS PROPERTY, BUT HE MUST BE SWORN IN MR. EDDIE [01:30:01] DAVIS, MR. EDDIE DAVIS, WILL YOU PLEASE STAND THE S THE STAFF ATTORNEY WILL SWEAR YOU IN AT THIS TIME, YOU'D RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU BROUGHT? THIS IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, MR. DAVIS, PLEASE COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, AND PROCEED TO TELL US WHAT YOU LIKE FOR US TO HEAR THIS EVENING. UM, MY NAME IS EDDIE DAVIS. UH, I AM WORKING ON THE PROPERTY, MY SISTER, ME AND MY SISTER. DO NOT TALK YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE. OH, SORRY. A 5 0 8 CHANDLER DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS 75 0 4. OH, THANK YOU, SIR. YOU MAY PROCEED. UM, ME AND MY SISTER, WE DO NOT TALK. I AM WORKING ON THE BACKYARD, UH, DEFENSE. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE I WAS PROBABLY SIX YEARS OLD. I HELPED MY DAD PUT IT UP. IT'S NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM BEFORE. AND NOW THAT IT'S A PROBLEM, UH, THE GARAGE IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME, UH, FOR PAINT AND THE, UH, DECIDING TO BE REPLACED. THANK YOU. UH, MR. DAVIS, THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE, YOU HAVE NUMEROUS NOTIFICATIONS WHERE YOU ARE AWARE OF THESE NOTIFICATIONS? YES, AND I, I WORK ON IT. I DO NOT WORK FROM HOME. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT COMES FROM, BUT I DO NOT WORK FROM HOME. THE HOME OCCUPATION. I DON'T KNOW. SO EVEN GIVEN THESE NUMEROUS NOTIFICATIONS, WHAT, WHAT EXPLANATION DO YOU HAVE TO, TO EXPLAIN WHY THESE NOTIFICATIONS WERE NOT ADDRESSED? THEY ARE SELF-EMPLOYED AND YOU, THIS, YOU JUST BEEN BUSY, RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. BUT I DO NOT, UH, HAMMONS COME DOWN. I DO TAKE CARE OF IT. LIKE I SAID, THE BACKYARD TO WORK IN PROGRESS. I AM. AND HE SAID THAT IF I TOOK PICTURES, I COULDN'T SHOW THEM. RIGHT. GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. DAVIS. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MR. DAVIS FROM THE BOARD? ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. DAVIS SEEING, UH, MR. DAVIS, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT THIS EVENING. YOU MAY BE EXCUSED AT THIS TIME. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE? IS THERE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS IN REGARDS TO THIS PROPERTY? IS THERE ANYONE THAT LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND TESTIFY IN REGARDS TO THIS PROPERTY? SEEING NONE? THIS PROPERTY ONCE IS IN DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, MR. JOHN SPENCER, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE, SIR? I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AS, UH, AS SO STATED. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR MR. SPENCER TO ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, HAVE A SECOND. WE HAVE A CATHY CALEB EARNEST. WE HAVE A SECOND BY MR. EARNEST AT, AT THIS, ANY DISCUSSION, ANY DISCUSSION, SEEING THEM AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD TAKE A VOTE. LILY, IF YOU WANT MY VOTE, I'D BE GLAD TO HAVE YOU. IT'S A YES. OKAY. THE VOLTS ARE IN. WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS DECISION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION AS PRESENTED BY STAFF OUR LAST, OUR NEXT AND LAST CASE. AGENDA ITEM FIVE E DOCKET NUMBER 2022 DASH OH 4 20 22 DASH OH FOUR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. UH, THIS IS THE DOCKET NUMBER 2022 DASH OH FOUR. THIS IS 42 14 BLUE CREEK DRIVE IN COUNCIL. DISTRICT. NUMBER THREE IS BLOCK FIVE, LOT 26 AT THE LAKE CREST PARK, TWO ADDITION, AND IS A SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE IN SINGLE FAMILY. SEVEN DISTRICT WITH AN IMPROVEMENT VALUE OF $173,090. THE OWNERS ARE ANDY THE THIRD AND PATRICIA LOPEZ, 4 2 1 4 BLUE CREEK DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS 75 0 4 3 6 4 0 1. NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS IN THIS MATTER HAS BEEN GIVEN, MAILED, PUBLISHED, AND POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ON APRIL 21ST, 2022, THE CITY OF GARLAND POSTED [01:35:01] A NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS ON THE PROPERTY. APRIL 22ND, 2022, THE CITY OF GARLAND NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS WAS PUBLISHED IN A LOCAL NEWSPAPER, APRIL 25TH, 2022, THE CITY OF GARLAND ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS BY US POSTAL SERVICE CERTIFIED DELIVERY TO PERSON INVESTED OWNERS OF RECORD IDENTIFIED BY DALLAS COUNTY RECORDS. THEY'RE JUST ON THE PREMISES LOCATED AT 42 14 BLUE CREEK DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, THE PROPERTY SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS DUE TO HEALTH AND SAFETY, NUISANCE, AND MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS, VIOLATIONS, CODE COMPLIANCE, STAFF RECOMMENDATION. WHEREAS THE BUILDING LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY IS IN VIOLATION OF THE CITY OF GARLAND CODE OF ORDINANCES. THEREFORE STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT UTILITY SERVICE BE RESTORED BY MAY 23RD, 2022. IF UTILITY SERVICES NOT RESTORED BY MAY 23RD, 2022, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD BE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE ORDERS OR DIRECTIVES TO ANY PEACE OFFICER OF THE STATE, INCLUDING A SHERIFF OR CONSTABLE OR CHIEF OF POLICE OR THE MUNICIPALITY TO ENFORCE AND CARRY OUT THE LAWFUL ORDERS OR DIRECTIVES OF THE PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD TO VACATE THE PREMISES. ADDITIONALLY, THAT THE BUILDING BE REPAIRED ALL IN PROPERLY STORED ITEMS BE REMOVED AND A FINAL INSPECTION BE CONDUCTED BY JUNE 19TH, 2022. IF THE BUILDING'S NOT REPAIRED ALL THE PROPERLY STORED ITEMS ARE NOT REMOVED AND THEY FINAL INSPECTION IS NOT CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT BY JUNE 20TH, 2020 TO CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 PER DAY, BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY BEGINNING JUNE 20TH, 2022. AND CONTINUE UNTIL THE BUILDING IS REPAIRED. ALL IN PROPERLY STORED ITEMS ARE REMOVED AND THE FINAL INSPECTION IS CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS A MAP OF THE PROPERTY AT 42 14 BLUE CREEK DRIVE. IT IS EAST OF THE INTERSECTIONS OF RIDGE CODE RIDGE COVE DRIVE AND BLUE CREEK DRIVE. IT IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT. NUMBER THREE, PROPER NOTICE WAS PROVIDED FOR THE PSP HEARING. THE INTERESTED PARTIES WERE IDENTIFIED VIA TITLE SEARCH COUNTY PROPERTY RECORDS D CAD PROPERTY RECORDS RECORDS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHERE APPLICABLE TAX AND UTILITY RECORDS AND ASSUMED NAME RECORDS ON APRIL 21ST, 2022 STAFF POSTED THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS FOR TONIGHT'S HEARING AT THE PROPERTY. APRIL 30TH, 2022 CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS WAS MARKED AS IN TRANSIT ARRIVING LATE BY USPS TRACKING SERVICE FOR ANDY THIRD AND PATRICIA LOPEZ, 42 14 BLUE CREEK DRIVE GARLAND, TEXAS 75 0 4 3 6 4 0 1 APRIL 28TH, 2022 CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS WAS MARKED AS DELIVERED BY USP TRACKING SERVICE FOR PHH MORTGAGE COURT. ONE MORTGAGE WAY, MOUNT LAUREL, NEW JERSEY, 0 8 0 5 4 MAY 12TH, 2022 STAFF RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM CAMILLE GRIFFITH COUNSEL FOR PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION. UH, SHE HAD QUESTIONS REGARDING THE HEARING AFTER HER CLIENT HAD RECEIVED THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS. THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE NOTICE OF PROCEEDING POSTED ON THE FRONT DOOR AT 42 14 BLUE CREEK DRIVE. THIS PHOTOS WERE TAKEN ON APRIL 21ST, 2022. WHEN THAT NOTICE WAS POSTED TIMELINE OF ACTIONS AT THIS PROPERTY BEGINNING DECEMBER OF 2016, WHEN UTILITY SERVICE WAS SHUT OFF BY CUSTOMER SERVICE FROM JANUARY, 2017 TO FEBRUARY, 2017 CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT NOTED SEVERAL INSTANCES OF TAMPERING WITH THE ELECTRIC METER, AUGUST OF 2017, THE GARLAND OR THE GARLAND CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF BEGAN RECEIVING COMPLAINTS THAT THE PROPERTY WAS OCCUPIED WITHOUT UTILITY SERVICE. ALSO IN AUGUST OF 2017 CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF RECEIVED A COMPLAINT ABOUT AN RV PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE COMPLAINT WAS THAT IT WAS OCCUPIED AND HAD A DRAIN RUNNING FROM THE RV TO THE PROPERTY SEWER LINE BETWEEN OCTOBER 17, TO THE PRESENT, UH, CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF WORKED ON ADDITIONAL 14 CASES FOR VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING AN OCCUPIED STRUCTURE WITHOUT UTILITY SERVICE JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE, HIGH GRASS, ENCROACHMENTS, TRASH, AND PROPER STORAGE AND SETTING BULKY TRASH AT THE CURVE WITHOUT ACTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE SERVICE. IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, THE INTERIM BUILDING OFFICIAL ISSUE TO VACATE ORDER AT THE PROPERTY DUE TO THE LACK OF UTILITIES. THIS PHOTO SHOWS, UH, THE POSTING OF THE NOTICE TO VACATE THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT THE TIME OF THE POSTING, WHICH WAS IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, AND INCLUDES A COPY OF THE LETTER ON THE, ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THERE I'M 42 14 BLUE CREEK DEFICIENCY DEFICIENCY LIST INCLUDES SUBSTANDARD AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY. IT IS AN OCCUPIED HOUSE WITHOUT [01:40:01] ACTIVE UTILITY SERVICE AND WITH A VACATE ORDER FROM THE BUILDING OFFICIAL TRASH AND IMPROPER STORAGE AT THE EXTERIOR, A PATIO COVER CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT A PERMIT, ROTTED, FACIA DAMAGED SIDING, DAMAGED GARAGE DOOR AND JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLY FOR 42 14 BLUE CREEK DRIVE, OR THAT ALL THE VIOLATIONS ON THE DEFICIENCY LIST MUST BE CORRECTED. THE PROPERTY MUST REMAIN VACANT UNTIL REPAIR DO A HABITABLE CONDITION AND UTILITY SERVICES RESTORED. AND THE VACATE ORDER IS REMOVED ALL REPAIRS AND OR CONSTRUCTION MUST BE DONE WITH REQUIRED PERMITS FROM THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT. THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE FRONT OF 42 14 BLUE CREEK DRIVE. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN MAY 17TH, 2022. SO PICTURE OF THE FRONT OF 42 14 BLUE CREEK DRIVE HAS ALSO TAKEN MAY 17TH. IT SHOWS THE GARAGE DOOR AND SOME OF THE DAMAGED SIDING ABOVE IT. IT'S A PICTURE OF THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY AT 42 14 BLUE CREEK DRIVE ABOVE THE AIR CONDITIONERS. SOME OF THE DAMAGED, UH, DAMAGED FACIA ALSO VISIBLE IS THE, UH, THE PATIO COVER AND SOME OF THE IMPROPER STORAGE. THERE'S A CLOSER PICTURE OF THAT PATIO COVER AND SOME OF THE IMPROPER STORAGE THE SUMMARY SINCE 2017, THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS HAD 24 CALLS FOR SERVICE, EIGHT ARRESTS AND 16 ADDITIONAL INCIDENTS AT THIS PROPERTY. IN ADDITION, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF 27 CODE COMPLIANCE COMPLAINTS IN CASES, CODE COMPLIANCE, COMPLIANCES ISSUED FIVE WORK ORDERS TO HAVE OUR CONTRACTOR MOW AND TRIM ENCROACHMENTS. AS A RESULT, THE CITY OF GARLAND HOLDS $2,805 AND 39 CENTS AND LIENS AGAINST THE PROPERTY CODE COMPLIANCE HAS BEEN AT AN ESCALATED STATE OF ENFORCEMENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, THE INTERIM BUILDING OFFICIAL OFFICIAL ISSUED A VACATE ORDER BECAUSE THE HOUSE WAS OCCUPIED WITHOUT UTILITY SERVICE. HOWEVER, THE HOUSE IS STILL OCCUPIED. THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR 42 14 BLUE CREEK DRIVE THAT UTILITY SERVICE BE RESTORED BY MAY 23RD, 2022. IF UTILITY SERVICES NOT RESTORED BY MAY 23RD, 2022, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD BE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE ORDERS OR DIRECTIVES TO ANY PEACE OFFICER OF THE STATE, INCLUDING A SHERIFF OR CONSTABLE OR CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE MUNICIPALITY TO ENFORCE AND CARRY OUT THE LAWFUL ORDERS OR DIRECTIVES OF THE PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD TO VACATE THE PREMISES. ADDITIONALLY, THAT THE BUILDING BE REPAIRED ALL IN PROPERLY STORED ITEMS BE REMOVED. AND THE FINAL INSPECTION BE CONDUCTED BY JUNE 19TH, 2022. IF THE BUILDING IS NOT REPAIRED, ALL IMPROPERLY STORED ITEMS ARE NOT RENEWED. AND IF I KNOW INSPECTION IS NOT CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT BY JUNE 20TH, 2022 CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 PER DAY, BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY BEGINNING JUNE 20TH, 2022. AND CONTINUE UNTIL THE BUILDING IS REPAIRED ALL IN PROPERLY STORED ITEMS ARE REMOVED AND THEY FINAL INSPECTION IS CONDUCTED BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT. MR. WEINSTEIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH QUESTIONING. COULD YOU JUST GIVE A BRIEF, UM, UPDATE ON YOUR, IN YOUR COMMUNICATION WITH THE HOMEOWNER IN REGARDS TO THE CONDITION OF THIS PROPERTY AND THEIR REMEDY IN RES IN RESOLVING THE CURRENT STATE OF THE PROPERTY? WELL, THIS PARTICULAR HOMEOWNER HAS BEEN, UH, EVASIVE AT BEST AND HAS NOT MADE ANY OBVIOUS ATTEMPT AT REPAIR SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS. THANK YOU, SARAH. I, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR WEINSTEIN. ANY MORE, ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. WEINSTEIN AT THIS TIME, MS. WALL, MS. WALLANDER, UH, YES. UH, WAS THE HOMEOWNER, DID THEY RECEIVE NOTICE? DO WE HAVE PROOF THAT THEY RECEIVED NOTICE THE, UH, THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMONS SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL STILL SHOWS TO BE IN TRANSIT BY USP S HOWEVER, WE DID POST A NOTICE ON THE FRONT DOOR, UH, AND IT DID DISAPPEAR BY THE NEXT DAY. SO WE'RE NOT, NOT CERTAIN WHO RECEIVED THE NOTICE THAT WAS POSTED ON THE DOOR. WE'VE DONE DUE DILIGENCE FOR THIS. OKAY. UH, SECOND QUESTION FOR YOU. UM, THE PENALTIES OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS A DAY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE AND THE PROPERTY CLEARED. WHAT HAPPENS IF THAT DOES NOT OCCUR, THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO, THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH A CREW UNTIL THERE ARE REPAIRS MADE IN THE ORDERS MET, UH, INDEFINITELY INDEFINITELY, UH, AT SOME POINT, UH, THE CITY DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO FORECLOSE ON CIVIL PENALTIES, BUT THAT WOULD BE QUITE A WAYS [01:45:01] DOWN THE ROAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. WIRELINE WALLANDER ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. HALL, MR. WEINSTEIN, ANY MORE QUESTIONS, SEAN? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS TIME. YOU MAY BE EXCUSED. WE HAVEN'T SPEAKER BY THE NAME OF MR. OFFICER PRUITT. MR. OFFICER PRUITT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND I GUESS, BADGE NUMBER FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. OFFICER PRUITT WITH GORDON POLICE DEPARTMENT, SIGN OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICER UNIT, BADGE NUMBER 12 2 4 7. THANK YOU, SIR. PLEASE PROCEED WITH TOO LIGHT FOR US TO HEAR, SIR. OKAY. UH, I'VE BEEN ASSIGNED TO THIS AREA SINCE, UH, FOR JUST SHY OF TWO YEARS. UH, AND EVER SINCE THAT TIME, I'VE BEEN RECEIVING NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION FROM SEVERAL NEIGHBORS, UH, CAME TO MY ATTENTION, UH, JUST SHY TWO YEARS AGO THAT IT WAS RUNNING WITHOUT, UH, UTILITIES. UH, YOU COULD DRIVE THROUGH THE ALLEY AND SEE THE GENERATOR, UH, POWERING THE HOUSE. UH, WE HAD TWO OFFICERS THAT, UH, MADE CONTACT WITH, UH, INDIVIDUALS AT THE HOUSE THAT WENT INSIDE AND THEY DESCRIBED IT AS THE GENERATOR WAS WIRED TO ONE OF THE OUTLETS, POWERING LIKE REVERSE ENGINEERED TO THE POWER OF THE HOUSE. THE, UH, ADVISE THE HOUSE WAS IN DISARRAY. UM, I HAVE WRITTEN MULTIPLE CITATIONS TO INDIVIDUALS AT THE LOCATION AS WELL AS MADE, UH, ARREST FOR DRUG RELATED CHARGES. UH, AS RECENTLY AS, UH, SORRY, I GOT TO REFER TO MY NOTES, UH, ON FEBRUARY 8TH, UM, I ARRESTED A MALE FOR POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE. UH, WHEN I ARRIVED, UH, TWO PEOPLE WERE ON THE PORCH. ONE RAN INSIDE, EVENTUALLY CAME BACK OUTSIDE THAT MALE WAS ARRESTED BECAUSE HE HAD METHAMPHETAMINE ON HIM. UM, AND IN HIS VEHICLE, HE ADVISED ME DURING QUESTIONING THAT HE HAD TAKEN METHAMPHETAMINE INTO THE HOUSE. TWO OTHER OCCUPANTS CLOSED THE DOOR, LOCKED IT AND LEFT OUT THE BACK DOOR WITH, UH, THE NARCOTICS. UM, WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED CALLS, UH, FROM A MALE BY THE NAME OF JERRY MEFFORD. UM, HE IS A CALLING OUT OF CONCERN FOR HIS SON, STEVEN MEFFORD, WHO IS A, A DRUG USER. UH, JERRY STATED THIS IS A KNOWN DRUG HOUSE. UH, JERRY SAID A FEW NEIGHBORS HAVE TOLD THEM. THEY OFTEN SEE HIS SON WANDERING THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SPACED OUT ON DRUGS, UM, AT NIGHT, UH, YOU CAN GO AND IT'S PEOPLE WALKING EVERYWHERE TO, AND FROM THIS LOCATION AND ONE AROUND THE CORNER. UM, I, UH, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR ME. I HAVE DONE JUST, JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER. OUR QUESTIONS ARE RESTRICTED TO NOTICE REMEDY AND VIOLATION, BUT IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OFFICER PRUITT AT THIS TIME, MR. PRUITT? SAME, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY THIS EVENING AT THIS TIME. AND YOU MAY BE EXCUSED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT SPEAKER THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US IS ANDY LOPEZ. MR. LOPEZ, PLEASE COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. ANDY LOPEZ, UH, 42 14 BLUE CREEK DRIVE, AND I'VE SPOKEN TO THE CITY AND THE ZIP CODE, PLEASE AS, UH, GARLAND 7,543. THANK YOU, SIR. WELL, I SPOKE TO THE UTILITIES AND THEY'RE WAITING ON A DECISION ON YOU PEOPLE. SO THEY DIDN'T GIVE ME THE GO AND TO GET A PERMIT. LIKE THEY SAY, WHO DO I GO TO? THEY WANT A PERMIT BECAUSE BACK WHEN THIS ALL BEGAN, I GOT INTO BEHIND MY, AND SOME THROUGH A DIVORCE. AND I GOT BEHIND ON MY BILLS AND MY POWER GOT SHUT OFF. I DID VIOLATION. I DID MESS WITH THE WHICH MCCALL, THE TAMPERING, THE BLOCKS. AND THEN A MONTH LATER, THEY SHUT IT OFF. WELL, I GOT FINE. $300. I WAS $450 BEHIND. AND I TOLD, ASKED GARLAND. I WAS LIKE, WELL, I HAD 450. I PAID HIM. AND THEY'RE LIKE, NO, WE NEED IT ALL BEFORE HE TURNED ON YOUR POWER. AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, I CAN'T DO IT. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? AND THEN I'M LIKE, WELL, HELP ME OUT WITH PAYMENT. THEY'RE LIKE, NO, I'M LIKE, OKAY, WHATEVER. AND SO, SO I [01:50:01] HAVEN'T HAD POWER SINCE THEN. AND I'VE BEEN USING, UH, GENERATORS, LIKE HE SAID, LIKE THE OFFICER SAID I'VE BEEN BATTERY LIGHTS, ANYTHING, AND I'M LIVING THERE ALONE. LIKE I SAID, I WAS GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE AND I HAD SOME HARD TIMES THERE. IT WAS PRETTY BAD. AND SO, UH, I DIDN'T REALLY NEED THE POWER. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I REALLY, I WAS THERE ALONE. I REALLY DIDN'T NEED IT. AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, IT'S CONDEMNED OR WHATEVER. MR. OFFICER PRUITT, HE'S REAL BIG HASSLE. AND I'LL GO TAKE SHOWER WHERE HE SAYS THAT I'M RUNNING DRUGS. THAT'S WHAT HE SAYS THAT. AND THAT'S NOT, UM, GO TAKE SHOWER. AND SOMETIMES I'LL TAKE MY DUFFEL BAG FULL OF CLOTHES TO WASH IN MY HOUSE. IT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT. UM, HOW CAN I EXPLAIN? IT'S I'VE SEEN HOUSES WORSE WITH POWER AND WATER STRAIGHT. PHIL. I CLEANED MY PRETTY CLEAN UNTIL I BROUGHT PEOPLE IN THERE. AND THEN IT WAS A HEADACHE, BUT NOW EVERYBODY'S OUT, UM, TRYING TO GET THE POWER ON LIKE, LIKE THEY WANT, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. CAUSE NOBODY ELSE IS MY NEIGHBORS DON'T COMPLAIN AND IT'S THEM. SO I'LL GET THAT ON FOR THEM AND, AND THE WATER. AND LIKE I SAID, THEY THEY'RE WAITING ON YOUR DECISION ON VOTE AND ALWAYS COMPLY WITH CO CODE. I ALWAYS, THEY WANT ME TO MOVE A VEHICLE. I, OKAY. I MOVED IT AND THAT'S HAPPENED TO ME TWICE. UH, I'LL GET THE VEHICLE AND I'LL MOVE IT OUT. AND BECAUSE THEY ARE COMPLAINING AND I TRY TO DO WITH WHAT THEY WANT, BUT IT'S ONLY ME THERE. SO, AND THE TRASH THEY'LL SAY, OH, THERE'S TRASH. THERE WILL TRASH. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TAKE IT OUT UNTIL THE DAY BEFORE TRASH. AND SO THEY'LL TAKE A PICTURE RIGHT THERE, LIKE ON A WEDNESDAY WHERE THERE'S TRASH AND THEN THAT'S WHAT THEY USE. LIKE WHAT HE SHOWED THE BACK. YEAH. THE BACK I NEEDED I'VE STARTED. IT WAS WORSE. THERE I'VE STARTED THROWING, THROWING ALL THAT STUFF AWAY BECAUSE I LET A GUY IN THERE TO STAY BECAUSE I'M, I'M A TYPE PERSON I'LL HELP YOU OUT IF YOU NEED THE HELP. EVEN IF I DON'T KNOW YOU. AND THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF MY WORST, THE HELPING PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW IF I GET IN TROUBLE FOR HELPING PEOPLE, I GUESS I GET IN TROUBLE, BUT I'M WORKING ON THAT AND I'M GOING TO, UH, DO THE, THE POWER. SO I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING ELSE. OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU AT THIS TIME, MR. LOPEZ. UM, I'LL ASK IF ANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. LOPEZ AT THIS TIME SEEING NONE? MR. LOPEZ, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING. YOU MAY BE EXCUSED. OKAY. WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER BY THE NAME OF CAMILLE GRIFFIN, BUT MS. GRIFFIN, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SWORN IN. WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND SO THAT THE STAFF ATTORNEY CAN SWEAR YOU IN AT THIS TIME? OKAY. DO YOU SWEAR THE TESTIMONY YOU'LL GIVE TO THE BOARD TRUTH, THE WHOLE MS. GRIFFIN, PLEASE COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CAMILLE GRIFFITH AND MY ADDRESS IS 2200 ROSS AVENUE, SUITE A 2,800 DALLAS, TEXAS 75 2 0 1. UM, SO I REPRESENT THE MORTGAGEE PHH MORTGAGE, AND I JUST WANTED TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT WE ARE AWARE OF THIS SITUATION. WE JUST RECENTLY BECAME AWARE OF IT, BUT WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO REMEDY THIS. UM, SO WE WILL BE DOING OUR OWN PROPERTY INSPECTION AND SENDING PEOPLE OUT JUST SO WE CAN GET EYES ON OURSELVES. AND, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AN EXTENSION MAYBE FOUR MONTHS, IF POSSIBLE, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING GETS DONE. OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO AVOID FORECLOSURE AND WE WANT THE PROPERTY UP TO STANDARDS. SO OKAY. FOR A MONTH THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING. OKAY. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR MS. GRIFFIN AT THIS TIME THAT WE HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. GRIFFIN FROM, FROM THE BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS, SEEING THAT MS. GRIFFIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING. YOU MAY BE EXCUSED. WE DON'T THERE'S WE HAVE MR. WEINSTEIN, LIKE PLEASE COME FORWARD. UH, MR. [01:55:01] CHAIRMAN, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR IF MS. GRIFFIN IS REQUESTING FOUR MONTHS TO TURN UTILITIES BACK ON, WHICH WOULD BE A DANGEROUS AND UNSANITARY OR FOR THE OTHER VIOLATIONS. THANK YOU, SEAN. UM, I HAVE A QUESTION, SHAWN. UM, IF WE WERE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AS STATED, WOULD THAT AFFECT FORECLOSURE IN ANY WAY? UH, NOT, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF THIS, THE CITY WOULD NOT BE FORECLOSING ON THE PROPERTY, BUT PERHAPS THE BANK, THE MORTGAGER, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT MS. GRIFFIN WAS. SPEAKING OF, I GUESS, DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY AN EXTENSION WOULD, WHY NOT EXTENDING? IT WOULD CAUSE A FOR FORECLOSURE BECAUSE THAT'S UP TO THE BANK AND THEIR DECISION SO THEY COULD, OR COULD, YOU KNOW, THEIR GROUP COULD OR COULD NOT FORECLOSE, BUT WHETHER OR NOT THE UTILITIES ARE ON OR OFF SHOULD HAVE NO DIFFERENCE TO THEM AS TO WHETHER THEY WERE FORECLOSE. RIGHT. I PERHAPS THAT'S A QUESTION FOR MS. GRIFFIN. UM, I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE HOW THE FORECLOSURE WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE, UH, THE LACK OF UTILITIES WE CAN, I CAN ASK MS. GRIFFIN TO COME BACK FORTH. UM, THANK YOU, SEAN. IS THAT, IS THAT ALL, ANY MY ADDITIONAL STATEMENT SHOWING THIS IS EDDIE. THANK YOU, SEAN. MS. GRIFFIN. UH, YES, IT, I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT THE BANK FORECLOSING. I DON'T THINK WE'RE AT THAT STAGE YET. WE JUST DON'T WANT, UM, IF THE, AND WE WEREN'T TALKING NECESSARILY ABOUT THE ELECTRICITY, BUT ALL THE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, IF THOSE AREN'T MADE WITHIN, UM, I GUESS BY JUNE, WE DIDN'T WANT THERE TO BE A VACATE ORDER AND FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE BARTER BECOME BEHIND AND THEN MAYBE ADDITIONAL PENALTIES INCUR AND THEN EVENTUALLY FOR CLOSURE FROM THE CITY. SO I WASN'T SURE IF, UH, I KNOW IN SOME OF THE OTHER CASES, BY THE, AFTER THE FINAL INSPECTION DATE, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU MIGHT FORECLOSE OR YOU MIGHT TAKE FURTHER ACTION. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS THAT WISH TO COME FORWARD TO SPEAK ON THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE SEEING MS. WARREN LENDER? WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? UM, I RECOMMEND THAT WE GO, UM, TO, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, MAKING THE, UM, ONE CHANGE THAT THE FINAL INSPECTION BE CONDUCTED ON JULY 19TH, 2022 AND EVERYTHING ELSE FOLLOWING JULY. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION THAT'S BEEN READ TO BY MS. WALLANDER. IS THERE A SECOND? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DO WE HAVE A SECOND, MR. SPENCER, WE GOT A SECOND BY MR. SPENCER. ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HIT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, UH, UTILITY SERVICE IS STILL REQUIRED TO BE RESTORED BY MAY 23RD, CORRECT? YES, AFFIRMATIVE, UH, CALEB. YEAH, MY, MY ONLY CONCERN IS, UM, THE, UM, STILL SOME OF THE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE WITH, WITH THE BUILDING DELAYING A MONTH, UM, THAT, THAT FINAL INSPECTION, UH, MY CONCERN IS THAT THAT IF IT IS PUSHED BACK, UH, WE STILL MAY BE DEALING WITH SOME SAFETY CONCERNS THERE. UM, THAT'S MY HESITATION TO, TO APPROVE THAT. OKAY. ANY MORE DISCUSSIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CAITLYN. ANY MORE DISCUSSION SAYING THAT AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD TAKE THE VOTE ON THE MOTION MADE BY MS. WALLANDER SECOND BY MR. SPENCER. WE WILL VOTE AT THIS TIME. LILY, DO YOU WANT MY VOTE, PLEASE? YOU NEED MY VOTE, LILY. SHE THAT'S A YES. WE HAVE SIX. [02:00:01] YES. AND WHY? NO, THE MOTION THAT'S PRESENTED THIS EVENING HAS, IS PAST SIX TO ONE. OKAY. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE CASES BEFORE US THIS EVENING. WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. . IS THERE A SECOND, MR. SPENCER? WE HAVE A SECOND BY MR. SPENCER. ALL IN FAVOR. RAISE OF HANDS. SHOW OF HANDS. WE ARE, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:45 PM. OKAY. YES, SIR. THAT'S FAIR. I MEAN, I'M MORE, I GOT STEEL HOT, SO I'LL WHISPER. YEAH. I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND. HAVE YOU TAKEN ANY, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE GIVING HIM A RUN AFTER THAT, EVEN IF THE UTILITIES ARE NOT ON AND THEY'VE GOT THE ORDER TO VACATE, THAT'D BE GOOD. I SAW YOU. MOST OF ALL, HIS SCREEN WAS BLANK. SO HE DIDN'T KNOW I WAS TRYING TO STOP. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.